The Dreamer

WHAT IS ‘COMMON GROUND’ WHEN THE GROUND HAS SHIFTED? Recently, the College announced a news speaker’s series underpinned by the concept of “Common Ground” featuring in this instance, a Republican (Karl Rove) and Democratic (David Axelrod) strategist. The Hamilton News site and later the Spectator prominently advertised the initiative. President David Wippman stated that the “goal for Common Ground is for the speakers, one a Democrat, the other a Republican, to model the kind of respectful…

Lennie. Ashes only appear after a fire and the fires of societal disenfranchisement will burn continually. The ashes symbolize death: the simultaneous death of Lennie, George’s dreams, and of the ambitions of all preceding and subsequent impoverished dreamers. George’s dream of living on a farm is no longer plausible since Lennie will not be there with him. However, since George is poor, the odds were already stacked against him; therefore, his dream had no chance of succeeding in the first…

Walt Disney was unique because he was a dreamer and the sky was the limit for his creations. Furthermore, he had a desire to create optimistic, colorful, fantasy stories and entertain a younger audience. Examining Walt Disney on an organization level it is important to note that his success happened…

I believe that by using peaceful civil disobedience in protesting injustice in the world has a great impact on society. When an individual stands up for what is right such as the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it shows others that having dedication and strength in ones beliefs can change a law, a nation, and the beliefs of others. Dr. King's peaceful stance on civil rights in this nation and in the City of Birmingham made many non-believers stand up and take notice. He along with his…

rather Mercutio’s wit. As stated in the text,” If love be rough with you. be rough with love,/ Prick love for pricking and beat love down,” ( 1.4. 27-28). Also stated in the text, “ I dreamt a dream tonight,/ And so did./ Well what was yours?/ That dreamers often lie.” (1.4.49-52). Mercutio serves as Romeo's dramatic foil. While Romeo let’s love push him around and dictate his fate, Mercutio does not. In fact, However, Mercutio intelligence can be found elsewhere; in his never-ending puns.…

that belonged to the native people in order to build their own settlements. So this whole idea that America was founded by people with complete freedom in mind is nothing but a dream. But still, in the poem Hughes says “Let America be the dream that dreamers dreamed, let it be that great strong land of love, where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme, that any man be crushed by one above.” (Lines 6-10) This changes the tone and meaning of the poem, it changes it from complete disappointment,…

to be true in order for the movie to be believable and the events that occur in the manner in which they are portrayed on screen is unshakably true. In addition, we must also believe in the ability of a separate individual, whom is unknown to the dreamer has the capabilities to enter into their dream and manipulate the situation to that separate individual’s advantage. Not to mention, in the movie the bad guys never seem to run out or guns never seem to run out of bullets. At some point,…

This passage creates a sense of worry in the reader wishing that they could talk though the book and make Krakauer aware of the dangers. Reading through it shows the audience of dreamers such as myself how grueling this climb truly is and how even a very experienced climber like himself has difficulty facing mother nature's greatest product. Bringing the readers to reality as they realise the difficulty of this achievement Krakauer…

Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S. E. Hinton, started writing The Outsiders when she was only fifteen years old. Little did she know, the book would win numerous awards and sell over 10 million copies. One of the reasons for the book's success may have been that there were not many books for teens other than the typical girl meets boy stories. She learned many important life lessons and implemented many of them into her books. Three important themes she put into The Outsiders were people are…

Jay Gatsby is the main character of the novel. He is a young man around the Nick’s age. He has tan skin and short hair. He is a son of a poor farmer in North Dakota. His real name is James Gatz. He is ambitious and determined to be successful. During World War I, as an officer, he met with Daisy and fell in love with her. After the war, he learned that Daisy got married and he got determined to win her back. Nick Carraway is the novel’s narrator. He is a young man around his 29s from…