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    How does responsibility aid in the fulfillment of a dream? In the play A Raisin In The Sun the author‚ Lorraine Hansberry‚ uses plot and characterization to convey the theme that one must be responsible to fulfill one’s dreams‚ in order to accomplish her purpose of showing the positive effects of responsibility on a dream‚ and the negative effects of no responsibility on a dream. In this play‚ Hansberry’s purpose relates to the theme because without a certain level of responsibility‚ a dream cannot

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    People from across the nation have proven through their own experiences that the American Dream can be achieved. The American Dream is reaching what we dreamed of accomplishing our entire life and more. It is having an enormous dream house‚ having the newest car‚ having a huge‚ happy family‚ and having the career we have dreamed of since we were a kid. Barack Obama‚ for example‚ is America’s first African American president‚ and Sonia Maria Sotomayor‚ is America’s first

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    The American Dream | Are we really living the dream | Quintaria Manuel 10/22/2012 | All Americans are affected by today’s economy. I have asked many people do they feel as if they are living the American dream and some have said “yes” and some have said “no”. Many people fight from birth to get the dream. There have been leaders who have had the same dream one in particular

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    4th‚ 2013 A dream is something that you have very much wanted to do‚ be‚ or have for a long time according to Websters online dictionary‚ but if dreams are supposed to be long thought out plans why do we use the word so often? Since we were young we have always been told to “dream big and don’t let anyone tell you no.” Well those repetitive words of wisdom have changed every 5 year olds life. If you surveyed an elementary school from anywhere around America‚ 50% of the kids would dream of being a

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    1) Evaluate American Express in terms of ‘brand equity’ What are the benefits‚ strengths and weaknesses associated with the company? American Express is an American financial-service‚ which has been known as the paramount of brands among high-end customers. They have continued to build its brand in a steady and consistent manner which is a strength that the service has. It is known to be one of the few truly differentiated brands within the financial category. American express creates a balance

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    The Tainted American Dream The American Dream‚ by Edward Albee‚ demonstrates that through generations the idea of the American dream has changed over time. Its center is not around family‚ but rather image and material objects. Although everyone has his or her own vision of the dream‚ it seems that money plays an important role in everyone’s dream. It seems that money has changed the dream and become the driving force behind the materialism and social status that many Americans strive for.

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    The American Dream To people all around the world‚ America is known as the land of endless opportunity. However‚ what society does not know about America is that it enables a greedy‚ corrupt and overachieving way of life. Both F.Scott Fitzgerald and Arthur Miller saw this side of America when writing The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman‚ respectively. Both men expose an underhanded America that is driven by the pursuit of power‚ happiness and wealth‚ as well as disloyalty‚ and misrepresentation

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    Corruption of the American Dream The American dream is an ideal that has been discreetly present since the beginning of American literature. Commonly‚ the dreamer aspires to rise from rags to riches‚ while accumulating such things as love‚ high status‚ wealth‚ and power. The early dream of acquiring western land has quickly and efficiently morphed into a vision of materialistic assets. In the past century‚ the American dream has increasingly focused on large houses‚ cars‚ and expensive gadgets

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    1‚537 Summer Cumin Pryor English 1A 1 July 2013 8 American Dream: Myth or Fact? What is the American Dream? The American Dream is freedom‚ success‚ opportunity‚ perseverance‚ equality‚ justice‚ and safety for all people. However‚ this is not the case at all in America‚ which therefor states the American Dream as a myth. It is a fantasy‚ that has not come true for the millions of people that are hoping to get a piece of the wealth‚ which America seems to only share with its rich upper class. Mansions

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    In “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson used foreshadowing to hint that someone is going to get stoned because she says the kids gathered small smooth round stones into a pile. I knew this because in the story it says the kids had smooth small round stones in their pocket and pulled them out. A quotation from the story that helped me know this is “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones‚ and the other boys soon followed his example.” (Jackson). This shows that the kids gathered it into

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