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    my american dream

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    My American Dream is to have a successful job‚ have a beautiful house/mansion and have a family but basically it is to live in peace‚ freedom‚ and wealth to take care of ourselves and well education so that my children may have a better life. The American Dream is define as achieving happiness through moral comfort and ability through hard work and determination that eventually will rewards us with wealth and status. Most people come to the United Stated to achieve their American Dream. In America

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    10 March 2012 Disillusionment of American Literature Have you ever had a dream‚ where you wake up and you are stuck in this strange world? A world where everything you once knew was different; people were dying‚ or people that were once beautiful‚ had to wear a mask to make sure that everyone is equal‚ you may ask what’s left in this world. The answer is disillusion; a sense of loss‚ or all things hopeless. In the short stories “In Another Country” written by Ernest Hemingway and “Harrison

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    The "American Dream" is still possible for everyone today. Back then in the past the "American Dream" wasnt possible for everyone because of discrimination. But now discrimination doesnt happened like it did back in the past. Immigrants come to America for them to give their childrens/Kids that are born now or in the 1998 for them to have a better education and also a better life. In addition‚ young people put hard work into their school for them to be able to go to college and graduate. The "American

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    Writing 100 October 28‚ 2009 Essay 2 Recipe for the American Dream Since the establishment of this country‚ Americans have set their eyes on success. The way we define success has changed along with technology. The American Dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.”[1] When repeating this phrase out loud one draws up images of fancy cars‚ big houses‚ quality clothes

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    Willy's American Dream

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    Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is a tragic play that reflects on dreams of ordinary American citizens in post-war era. After the Second World War‚ United States economy was on the rise; therefore many people received an opportunity to achieve the “American Dream”. During this time‚ Arthur Miller wrote his play where he provided an example of an ambiguous middle class man and his collapse. By doing so‚ he broke the rules of the tragic play writing. The rules were set by the Greek philosopher

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    Death in American Literature

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    self-consciousness‚ the unknowable center around which our thoughts inevitably swirl (whether we are aware of it or not).  Compare Dickinson’s poem #315 and Poe’s “Ligeia” on the topic. Philosophy of the death The theme of death has always been a presence in American writings – from early colonial diaries and through the nineteen century – because death was perceived to be ever present in people’s lives. Descended from the tradition of Puritan religion and also influenced by sentimentalism and Romantic views

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    Gatsby American Dream

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    and wild jazz music—encapsulated in The Great Gatsby by the rich gatherings that Gatsby tosses each Saturday night—came about eventually in the debasement of the American dream‚ as the over the top craving for cash and delight surpassed more honorable objectives. At the point when World War I finished in 1918‚ the era of youthful Americans who had battled the war turned out to be strongly baffled‚ as the severe gore that they had recently confronted made the Victorian social profound quality of mid

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    American English Literature

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    ASPECTS OF MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE (1066-1500) Middle English‚ Anglo-Norman‚ Anglo-Latin After the Conquest: dramatic changes in language and cultural temperament Old English literature: Middle English literature realistic‚matter-of-fact‚unromantic‚ growing audience‚ a panorama of most serious‚ often melancholic‚ diverse folk of many social classes (castle‚ monochrome gray‚ loyalty to the lord‚ barnyard‚ town); the appearance of leasure desperate courage in defeat‚ class

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    being a criminal was the ultimate American Dream. It was not that they were bad people‚ but they knew that living the life of a felon would give them everything they had ever dreamt of. This gave these criminals the motivation to chase their dream‚ achieve their dream‚ and eventually be blinded by the dream itself. In America‚ there have always been classes among the people who live in it regardless of what time and age in history. When it comes to the American Dream‚ not everyone thinks of it in the

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    American Revolution The events that took place before the American Revolution affected history in such a way giving the British and colonists the need to have a Revolution. The French and Indian war is the name for the war that took place between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. The aftermath of this war was a big part leading up to the American Revolution. The war changed economic‚ political‚ and social relations between the three European powers (Britain‚ France‚ and

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