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    multiple characters who all yearn for something. From protagonists to secondary characters‚ from dreams about being an actress to dreams to dying peacefully on one’s own land‚ there is a plethora of different personalities and fantasies. Although their goals are different‚ most of them revolve around the theme of earning the American Dream. George‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ Curley’s wife and Crooks all possess a dream‚ that unfortunately never comes true. George‚ a character that portrays a more independent demeanor

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    There are different reason why people come to America. Most people are looking for the American dream; this includes: looking for a job‚ family‚ education‚ or just for a better life. Those people that come here for a better life think that we‚ the United States of America‚ are going to hand it to them‚ but it doesn’t work like that. As a matter of fact I think that the American Dream is still obtainable but it’s not the old “Shone as a beacon of hope and freedom‚” as Barack Obama said in the Keynote

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    definition of the American Dream is that everyone is equal. Everybody deserves to live life the way they want to and their dreams should always come true. In a typical lifestyle‚ the American Dream will change often as you get older. As a young child you seem to be more interested in playing with toys or going in bouncy castles and to playgrounds. As a teenager‚ technology steals lots of your attention‚ spending time with friends and staying out all night at bonfires and things like that. When you

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    The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien 1 | Among the necessities or near-necessities were P-38 can openers‚ pocket knives‚ heat tabs‚ wristwatches‚ dog tags‚ mosquito repellent‚ chewing gum‚ candy‚ cigarettes‚ salt tablets‚ packets of Kool-Aid‚ lighters‚ matches‚ sewing kits‚ Military Payment Certificates‚ C rations‚ and two or three canteens of water. (pg. 2) | Most of these items I understand that they have to have them. There are a few though that I don’t think are a necessity or a near-necessity

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    The American Dream: Is It Still Attainable? What is the American dream? Some would say a successful career. Some would say a life of fulfillment and happiness. Some might even say equality and acceptance for all Americans. But what it is really‚ and how must an individual go about attaining it? I believe the American dream is defined by the personal desires of the one striving and working for it. Our rights as Americans are clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence: Life‚ liberty and the

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    The American Dream in the 1960s “You have to forget about what other people say‚ when you’re supposed to die‚ or when you’re supposed to be loving. You have to forget about all these things. You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven‚” said Jimi Hendrix (Haugen 55) . Jimi Hendrix along with many other Americans wanted to live a life full of peace‚ freedom‚ and happiness. One thing was certain‚ America changed in the 1960s and along with it‚ so did the American Dream. The American Dream

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    Rationale The intention of the following text is to elaborate the use of meta-fiction and narrative layering in Tim OʼBrienʼs The Things They Carried through writing a narrated interview with Tim OʼBrien regarding Part Fourʼs study: Literature and Critical Study. Using quotations/transcriptions of Tim OʼBrienʼs statements within the fictional interview will support the structure of the text accordingly as a narration of an interview. First‚ I will address Tim OʼBrienʼs brief biography regarding

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    Is the American Dream achievable? "It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" -George Carlin‚ 2005[2: http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/American-dream] The American Dream: the image of a white picket fence house with a perfect family‚ two educated children‚ one girl and one boy and the mother and father both working without worrying about financials concerns. This is the typical example of the American Dream; it is called the stereotypical

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    The American Dream Final Exam By: Uday Govindswamy Period 2 The idea of the “American Dream” was first used in the book The Epic of America‚ written by James Truslow Adams‚ in 1931. Adams stated that the American Dream is‚ “the 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…(31) “. The key elements of the American Dream include: access to a college education‚ owning a home‚ enjoying political

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    most youth and working class citizens about how they view the future you’d get bitterness and uncertainty rather than hope and joy and in their voices. The American dream has constructed and enforced an idealized concept due to the emotional and physical barriers in the economy‚ politics‚ and it’s portrayal in the media. The American dream is a national ethos of the United States. In the colonial days‚ it was easier to hold the right of freedom of speech without holding the fear of being censored

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