Self-Made Man

The most memorable thing that Gatsby says is “Well, there I was, way off my ambitions, getting deeper in love every minute…” That was one of the most memorable quotes from the book because it not only shows how Gatsby felt about Daisy but it also summarizes his entire life. In addition, this quotes shows how he was able to forget all his ambitions just for that one girl, Daisy. Him being in love did not just turn out to be better for him, but also for his future. Daisy was the one who preferred men that were rich so to become the Daisy’s dream man, he had to work hard. Him being in love might have been one of the reasons Gatsby was able to have so much money, and was able to afford to throw stately parties each weekend just for his long lost love, Daisy. Another quote…

Ciara Campos Sociology 200 Kathryn Coleman January 17, 2016 Self-Made Man Norah Vincent is an American columnist who wrote the book Self-Made Man and many other great books. The book is about a woman, Norah who goes undercover as a man who wanted to experience how life was for the opposite sex. Just like her book cover, it shows two photographs, Norah dressed as herself, a woman who looks confident and the other disguised a man. In this book, Norah spent a year and a half disguised as her…

The Self Made Man Myth Evolution is necessary- not only in groups of people but in individuals as well. Throughout the course of their lifetime they change and form who they are, and experiment on what personality they have or what activities they like to do. It is a constant change. Especially with the myth of the self made man. Many people use Abraham Lincoln to describe this myth since he was born into a lowborn family, and he slowly started to grow from a menial worker to a mental worker.…

bronze sculpture titled Self Made Man depicts a man carving himself out of stone and, according to Carlyle herself, “carving his character, carving his future”. This sentiment of a man molding himself into who he wants to become is reminiscent of Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun. The play follows an African-American family living in Chicago struggling to improve their lives as well as fulfill their dreams, especially regarding one of its main characters, Walter Lee Younger, who…

When he was young, his family had little money. By the time Franklin was thirty, he has a great abundance of wealth. In The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin describes his life and how he lived in. In part three of his self-narrative, he talks about all of the many great accomplishments he had throughout his life. Benjamin Franklin had many accomplishments, he “invented an open stove for the better warming of rooms” (Franklin 92) to a whole Fire Company. He did this from his…

New York to escape the Nazi reign. In New York, he swept floors at a barber shop until he made enough money to invest in stocks. He became very wealthy after much hard work, achieving the American Dream, and becoming the epitome of the rags to riches stories that are so inspiring among Americans. Achieving the American Dream is a quintessential desire to native born Americans and immigrants as well. The American Dream is the opportunity for every American to create a great life for themselves…

believed that every person can become more wealthy, healthy, and wise through hard work and self discipline. I believe in his belief because it doesn’t matter how difficult or easy it is to accomplish a goal; at the end of the day, what counts is the satisfaction of the work and experience a person puts into it. Franklin didn’t favor luck or opportunities, but instead became successful through hard work. Franklin was many things such as an author, inventor, scientist, and a printer. But what…

them, the world known today would be greatly altered. America, as a whole, is built to stand tall and provide this sense of protection as it is called the land of the free. This simple phrase means a variety of different ideas to everyone. An American social critic and citizen himself, H. L Mencken, once said, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” Articles, situations, movies, and books all demonstrate this distinct moral. Within the novels Gone With the Wind,…

The American dream is the set of ideals that people see in the United States. These include things like democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity, and equality. The term “The American Dream”, was originated from historian James Thurlow Adams, in which who believed “that life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each per his or her ability or achievement” What Adams is saying is that everyone can succeed. No matter what ethnicity, culture or religion one…

vitamins. To the paper or cloth manufacturer, it is the plant that provided much of our paper and clothing for hundreds of years and produces four times more fiber per acre than trees. To the environmentalist, it is the plant that could greatly slow deforestation, restore robbed nutrients by other crops, and help prevent erosion. Preliminary findings show the drug may prove effective against glaucoma and asthma, and control such side nausea in cancer treatment. I concretely believe that…