Like many immigrants moving to America‚ seeking the land of opportunity and obtaining the American Dream is an ideal goal that many bravely fight to pursue in order to escape the destitution of the past and achieve happiness for not only themselves‚ but their family. I’ve personally encountered it and seen it all around. As a result‚ growing up‚ the self-less and preserving nature of my parents has been an admirable trait that awoke me to the realization that every second spent with them is precious
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In the essay “American Dream Boat” by K.Oanh Ha‚ the author says that intercultural relationships are generally a good thing as long as the families of both partners compromise. Ha‚ was a Vietnamese girl who came to America with the “Boat People” when she was six years old. She then changed her name to Kristine and became Americanized. In college‚ she met a Caucasian American named Scott. They fell in love and got engaged. She decided to visit Vietnam to reconnect to her roots‚ but while she was
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[pic] An optical illusion also called a visual illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them‚ physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation
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October 2014 The American Dream: It’s Your Choice Americans have the opportunity to make our own decisions. The dictionary defines the American Dream as the ideals of freedom‚ equality and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. With this definition in mind‚ a person should not base their American Dream on the ideas of others. The American Dream is a flexible concept that can fit the individual expectations of many different Americans. I believe the American Dream is a social
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The American Dream The “American Dream” is something we hear about while in our elementary history classes. We have all heard of it but‚ do we know what it is? The forefathers of our great nation established America with the idea that its citizens would be guaranteed life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness (Thomas Jefferson). Well‚ today we have liberty and are free to pursue happiness. However‚ what about the quality of our lives? Are we striving for greater material wealth and ignoring moral
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The American Dream After World War I‚ America seemed to guarantee unlimited financial and social opportunities for anyone willing to work hard – the American Dream. For some‚ however‚ striving for and realizing that dream corrupted them‚ as they acquired wealth only to seek pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby appear to adore the freedom of the 1920s‚ their lives reveal the decline of happiness that results when wealth and pleasure swallow them. Specifically
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In‚ Author Millers‚ The Crucible‚ illusions are understood as reality by all of Salem’s inhabitants. The people of Salem ignorantly believe that a supernatural evil lurks within the world‚ and that they have to remove this evil by killing those accused of being a witch. Eventually Abigail Williams is claimed to be a witch‚ which is the niece of Reverend Parris. She is the most evil character in the play‚ and also ends up being the instigator of the Salem witch trials. Initially‚ it was she who
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Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many novels. This dream is different for different people; but‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ for Jay‚ the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; and‚ in order to do this
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economic freedoms. The image of the "land of opportunity" was true to different degrees for the African-American sharecropper in the postwar South‚ the immigrant at Ellis Island‚ and the wealthy capitalist or manager in the period from eighteen-sixty five to nineteen-fourteen with the African-American being at the low end of the rung and the capitalist being at the top. The newly freed African-American in the postwar South had the hardest time achieving freedoms due to white men considering them as inferior
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The American Dream is a dream that glorifies fame‚ the pursuit of success ‚ and power. It is the idea if needing to have to have material goods in order to feel successful and obtain a higher status. In The Great Gatsby‚ The Winter Of Our Discontent‚ Babbitt‚ and Death Of A Salesman there are many similarities between the backgrounds of the main characters that attempt and fail at the American dream. In these novels‚ all of the characters are trying to better their lives. They do not realize that
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