California Dream Essay
In "California: A People, a Place, a Dream," James J. Rawls states that the California dream is a dialect in which a synthesis or new dream is formed from a paradox and promise. These two things are joined together to form the new dream. The promise for a better life and the paradoxes of expectation, growth, and plenty are at the center of the dream. The dialectic helps the paradoxes, a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory; find a resolution by creating a new dream that has the virtues of balance, control, restraint, and the possibility of innovation.
The California dream promised to fulfill people's deepest longing for a better future filled of new freedoms. The dream was fueled from the universal human needs. …show more content…
They came in hopes for a better life than the one they left behind. Enthusiastic boosters believed California is the best and possibly their last chance at success. They recruited many of their friends and family to come to California to fulfill their dreams. The California dream has many versions because there are different types of dreamers. The growing population and the great expectations of the dream make it difficult to fulfill many peoples dream. The newcomers turn from dreamers to antagonists because of the disillusionment of the dream. In 1850, people wrote about their gold rush experiences in their diaries. Some wrote about the charms of the golden state while others wrote about their disappointments. Writers of the 1930's; for example, Nathaniel West, Aldous Huxley, and John Steinbeck, denounced the California dream in their writings. A new era of anti-California literature appeared during the late 1960s and 1970s. Books and headlines appeared with titles such as California-Has Dream Gone Sour, Anti California, and California: The Vanishing Dream. Wide publicity of multiple tragedies made it clear that the land of California was full of unfulfilled dreams and false promises. In the late 1970s, California began to embody a new form. Writers began writing about the new synthesis of California. It showed a balance between the state virtues and accomplishments as well as its failures and
The California dream promised to fulfill people's deepest longing for a better future filled of new freedoms. The dream was fueled from the universal human needs. …show more content…
They came in hopes for a better life than the one they left behind. Enthusiastic boosters believed California is the best and possibly their last chance at success. They recruited many of their friends and family to come to California to fulfill their dreams. The California dream has many versions because there are different types of dreamers. The growing population and the great expectations of the dream make it difficult to fulfill many peoples dream. The newcomers turn from dreamers to antagonists because of the disillusionment of the dream. In 1850, people wrote about their gold rush experiences in their diaries. Some wrote about the charms of the golden state while others wrote about their disappointments. Writers of the 1930's; for example, Nathaniel West, Aldous Huxley, and John Steinbeck, denounced the California dream in their writings. A new era of anti-California literature appeared during the late 1960s and 1970s. Books and headlines appeared with titles such as California-Has Dream Gone Sour, Anti California, and California: The Vanishing Dream. Wide publicity of multiple tragedies made it clear that the land of California was full of unfulfilled dreams and false promises. In the late 1970s, California began to embody a new form. Writers began writing about the new synthesis of California. It showed a balance between the state virtues and accomplishments as well as its failures and