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    151.15 09-30-13 Dream On The word dream is defined as: “1 A train of thoughts or images passing through the mind in sleep. 2 A mental condition similar to that of one sleeping; daydreaming. 3 A visionary idea or fancy.” (“Dream” 216) The phrase “I had/have a dream” has many possible meanings. It could stand for having a dream while you are asleep‚ having a dream while you are awake‚ i.e. daydreaming‚ and having a dream as in a goal you want to accomplish in your life. Dreams play a major role

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    Dream Summaries Day Dreaming: When your imagination carries you away. Daydreaming is a classified level of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. False Awakening Dreams: You dream that you wake up and your day starts‚ but then you actually wake up. Lucid Dreaming: Where you realize you are dreaming during your dream‚ and then have the ability to control your dream and what happens inside of it. Nightmares: A nightmare is a disturbing dream that causes you to wake up feeling anxious and

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    INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION PROJECT DUE: 3.35.2012 Topic: Dreams Attention Getter: It’s midnight and your car broke down right outside of town. Your cell phone is out of range and you have to get home. You grab a flashlight from the trunk and decide to walk to the nearest gas station just a couple miles down the road. There is a very dense nightshade ahead and with every step you seem to get further and further into the eerie darkness. The flashlight starts to go dim and you remember the extra

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    Dream By: FY All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. I believe every child is born a dreamer‚ from the moment we enter this world our mind wanders off in every direction. The thoughts created in our mind unconsciously creates us‚ as humans who differ from one another. For I have dreamed on and on‚ gone through thousands of dreams. Yet I realized that life is not unlimited‚ physically as well as our mentally we are not immortal and have a certain duration

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    to achieve the American dream”. Many immigrants came to America with this motivation in mind to work hard to achieve their ‘American Dream’. Some common dreams that most immigrants had was to have a place they could call it as their home and have a good job. In Betty Smith’s novel‚ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn‚ she demonstrates how for some people the ‘American Dream’ was a struggle to achieve‚ while it is possible for other people who never gave up hope on achieving the ‘American Dream’. However‚ after

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    The Dream of Dreamers Steinbeck incorporates the theme of the American Dream‚ an expression used to represent wanted success‚ throughout his story Of Mice and Men as he provides glimpses of the dreams of many characters. Towards the end of the novel‚ the fact is that each of the characters “American Dream” is just that‚ a dream‚ which is unattainable. In short‚ Steinbeck portrays his position of the unrealistic desires for untarnished happiness through the dreams of Candy‚ Curley’s Wife‚ and Crooks

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    The 1950’s American Dream In the 1950’s‚ the “American dream” was originated around the idea that anyone could have the opportunity to achieve more success than in their countries of origin; for others‚ it was the opportunity to become an individual without the constraints imposed by class‚ race‚ and ethnicity. In the 1950’s‚ the foundation of the American dream was masked by the illusion of perfect white “cookie-cutter” families living in suburbia. However‚ negative and pessimistic thoughts about

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    Javier Issac Arredondo Mr. Andres Martinez HIST 1302.001 28 May 2013 For the American Dream One key element that I would like to point out for the description of the concept of the American Dream is the gender roles in the 1950’s. In that timeframe shortly after World War II‚ many people focused on the exterior materials that most people could finally afford to purchase‚ such as a television set (big influence for the media to show what gender roles people should follow through)‚ top-of-the-line

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    been accomplished‚ can be considered the overall American Dream. Generally‚ every child wants to surpass the achievements of their parents as a natural act of competition and personal satisfaction. Throughout The Great Gatsby‚ The Grapes of Wrath‚ and Death of a Salesman‚ there is a constant yearning desire to achieve the “American Dream;” whether it be reality or illusion. Fitzgerald‚ Steinbeck‚ and Miller‚ all portray the ideas of the American Dream relating to the time period that they are referring

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