11 AP Unit 3:The American Dream 11 AP English Unit Essential Questions: “What is the American Dream?” “What contrast is there between the American dream and American reality?” “To what extent has the American Dream been realized?” Overarching Question: “How do authors use the resources of language to impact an audience?” Essential Question: “How is our understanding of culture and society constructed through and by language?” Culminating
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Tom English 85 Mr. Caine 09 October 2012 California Dream California is a wonderful place to come and live. California is seen a land of opportunity and good fortune. The question is why does everyone want to come to California and what does it hold? The answer is California holds so much. You have freedom‚ live your own life style; become whatever you want and live a better life style. It’s everyone’s dream to come here and live it. California attracts many people from all around the
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a country which makes the impossible possible. Yes‚ it is the “American dream” I am talking about. No doubt‚ it has led a certain number of people to incomparable success‚ though nobody takes closely to their heart how that success was achieved. The majority of people is too blind to recognize the price the “American dream’s” attainers had to pay and no one can blame them for those thoughts. Nevertheless‚ the “American dream” idolizes all greatest qualities of a properly moral man:honesty‚trust‚tolerance
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The American Dream & Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” While the American Dream is different for everyone‚ it is most associated with the hope and belief that one can achieve success and freedom in the United States‚ which leads to happiness. America would provide the opportunity for people to grow and have a prosperous life with a lot of money‚ a good job‚ and expensive possessions. However‚ there is much debate whether or not such a “dream” of a life is possible. While many in today’s society
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place in the world to some people. When people think of California they cannot help but think of the California dream and what it stands for in their eyes. With California having such high expectations‚ has anyone ever stopped to think that the California dream isn’t what its made out to be? when comparing California’s image and California’s reality one can see that the California dream can be seen as a paradox to the state’s lower class but a reality to its wealthy. In the 19th century‚ the discovery
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Dream House As I get closer and closer to the island the house that I have always dreamed about awaits me. I can see it from a mile away. Everyone has that house that they ‚have always dreamed about. It is so massive‚ that it is the most noticeable construction on the island. My own private plane lands on the landing strip located next to the house. As soon as I get off the plane‚ I then begin my voyage down the path that leads to my dream house. I am anxious to get to the house that I will
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H.W. Longfellow’s Poems on Slavery are said to be “so mild that even a Slaveholder might read them without losing his appetite for breakfast”. The Slave’s Dream is about a series of dreams of a victim of slavery during the 19th century. Beside the ungathered rice he lay‚ His sickle in his hand; His breast was bare‚ his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again‚ in the mist and shadow of sleep‚ He saw his Native Land. The physical image of a slave is portrayed through the first stanza of the
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American dream‚ but in some way everyone’s dream is the same. A similar reason is to give their family the best they can. As I interview my mother I found her reason for coming to America is very similar. Thomas Jefferson and Richard Wright has very encouraging ideas of what the American dream is all about‚ and these reason relate greatly to my mother. As I interview my mother she had some very good words of wisdom and reasons why she had moved to America to find her American dream. Richard Wright
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DREAM AND BELIEVE All persons have a dream of their own because it is our way to see and imagine what we want to happen in our future life. It can be our inspiration to do our best to achieve what we want to achieve. But we need also to persevere and be prepared to the challenges and difficulties that we are going to encounter. We have to be strong in all the trials that we have to face so that we will be able to achieve all that we dream and what we wanted to be. But for now‚ I have a very positive
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Requiem For A Dream (2000) In life there are many choices‚ like any choice you make in life there is always the up or downside to it. For example if you buy a lottery ticket the up side you may win‚ the down side you may waste a lot of money. If you do drugs the downside you may lose everything you have including your life to get more drugs. Requiem for a Dream is a dark but straight to the point film about drug addiction and how drugs will change your life and make you do thing to keep getting
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