This American Life

Chasing Pseudo Dreams: The pursuit for The American Dream in “Winter Dreams” F. Scott Fitzgerald brilliantly highlights one man’s pursuit of the American Dream in his short story “Winter Dreams.” He uses the protagonist Dexter to emphasize the shortcomings of money in America, and one’s vision of money in the 1920s. In “Winter Dreams,” Fitzgerald uses the protagonist Dexter’s unrealistic vision of the American dream to emphasize the shortcomings of the dream, which ultimately lead to Dexter’s…

Despite a growing interest in thanatology over the past 20-25 years general attitudes American attitudes towards death and dying are fraught with apprehension, fear and avoidance (Leming & Dickinson, 2011). In order to deal with the incongruent values of hospice with medical values of preserving life at all costs, these nurses must develop coping mechanisms. Coping mechanisms are any aware or unaware shift or acclimation, which reduces friction and anxiousness in a taxing experience or scenario…

realism since he is dominated with the pursuit of the American dream, completely preoccupied by Daisy and wanted to remake the world, that his idealism predestined him to death. In the year 1925 that The Great Gatsby was published, World War I had just come to an end. The inspiration and hot wave of the American Dream evoked many people to blindly pursue success and accomplishments in life including Jay Gatsby. The definition of the American Dream is an idealism that sets opportunities for…

caused him to strive for fame and fortune with the hope of winning her over. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story is very similar. He too grew up poor and became famous in order to win over the woman he loved. Jay Gatsby and Fitzgerald wanted to live the American Dream. Much like the two, Nicki Minaj, too, went from rags to riches. Nicki Minaj was born on August 12, 1984 as Onika Tanya Maraj. Onika was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago until the age of five when her and her family moved to Queens,…

The "American dream" from the Start - to take root and direct is the American nation ideal and pursuit of this, it has strong vitality, but why go to the disillusioned? Gatsby story tells us that if such a dream come true - has only the pursuit of material and to become a 'superpower' longing but lack of why wealth and have a wealth of survival after what some have the ultimate human significance of thinking about it, so that eventually come true a mirage, it also will be short-sighted and…

Jim Cullen defines the American Dream to be derived from the goals of the puritans which was to achieve a better life. This is seen through two elements within Cullen’s definition which are the social mobility and accumulation of wealth. Social mobility is basically the ability for one to elevate their social status or economic standing. The accumulation of wealth is described to be self-explanatory and is the ability of one to earn an immense about of wealth. These elements are embodied…

different aspects of her life that contributed to her tragic downfall and through his clever use figurative language by the use of techniques such as word choice, imagery and personification he captivates and maintains our interest throughout the poem. Morgan blames everyone but Marilyn Monroe herself for taking her own life which stirs up different emotions at different stages of the poem as the reader is faced with the realisation that Monroe was a victim of the American dream. At the…

come live the American Dream. During the Gilded Age, greed motivated industrial innovation and for people to improve their ways of living. But with great responsibilities come great consequences, and the consequence of greed, people see greed the same as selfish. Despite this, the positives heavily outweigh the negatives. During the Gilded Age, greed influenced the industrial innovation.…

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, an American novelist whose writing defined the 1920s (Jazz Age), reflected this era with insight, detailed realism, and a unique American voice in his writings. He encompasses his own personal experiences into his works, while exploring the prosperous and hopeless aspects of a nation. Fitzgerald used his writing to not only critique the ideals of a new age, but reflect these changing times. The Jazz Age(in conjunction with the Roaring 20s) was a period of unique…

guide for continuing this path in the future but that shit ain’t sustainable yo. So either we keep doing it till the ocean is dead and we all fucking die ooooooor. We throw out his shit and come up with new shit. What shit you may ask? Read more to find out. History and historians are some of society's most powerful tools for interpreting out past, framing our present, and planning for our future. Frederick Jackson Turner’s evaluation of the colonizing and settling of the American West in his…