set of moral guidelines—the Ten Commandments‚ the seven deadly sins‚ the seven holy virtues‚ etc.—these guidelines shape people whether they acknowledge it or not. Sam Shepard is a famous playwright who has captured this conflict within families‚ which projects the overall conflicts of society‚ through most of his plays. Shepard’s True West captures the struggle between brothers and what could happen when apathy consumes them. Ironically‚ each of the seven deadly sins—lust‚ gluttony‚ greed‚ sloth‚ wrath
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Her 1st important play‚ Peculiar Sam; or‚ The flight‚ was taken through cities and communities throughout the northeastern us. Hopkins attained sensible reviews as an player and writer‚ and for her rhythmical soprano voice throughout musical performances. Through her 20s and early 30s‚ she continuing to perform and work on skits. She wrote another full-length play supported a Bible story entitled One Scene from the Drama of time period. Despite the prolific nature of her life as a entertainer‚ the
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Sam Houston : A True Frontier Legend of the United States Sam Houston was a great man who was involved with much of the early development of America and especially Texas. He was a soldier‚ lawyer‚ politician‚ businessman‚ and also family man. He was taken adopted by the Native American who later became the people he admired and supported. They together helped to bridge the gap between the American government and the Native American. Sam Houston succeeded in many roles in American’s history‚ and
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I do believe this is to be true because it is hard to imagine anything more fundamental to most Americans than the belief that we are the authors of our own fate. We go to school‚ study‚ get jobs‚ and work hard with all the assumption that doing so will allow us to achieve financial security‚ but that house in the suburb with the white picket fence‚ and perhaps even attain great wealth. This faith in the American dream‚ in the United States is the land of opportunity‚ success and prosperity through
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There is no true American Dream in this life‚ for it is a perspective given to those of the rich. It makes someone feel better if they have achieved a so call goal. People without money and that are poor can feel just as good as to achieve a little goal in life. The real point of life is not the money‚ popularity‚ or big shot. It is a settle place that can be achieved by one person’s dreams in life to become happy. Some use money‚ freedom‚ and fame to try and pursue happiness‚ but it is what is done
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"Hard work‚ honesty‚ risk‚ and competition all must happen for the American Dream of wealth‚ marriage and family‚ home and prosperity‚ and social mobility to become reality." This is what we as Americans have ingrained in our heads as how to become happy. The American Dream is not a set rule of guidelines that guarantees success when attempted. It is not 2+2=4. There are numerous books in the world today "spilling the secret to success". They are however just a regurgitation of how one person became
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The American Dream‚ Something that has changed throughout the years. It`s gone from wanting to escape life from another place to come to the united states with little the little things you could only bring onto ships in the 17th century. Then you`d have to wait‚ hoping that you would be able to get into this country known as the land of hopes and dreams at that. Then today‚ in the 21st century‚ it’s about going through school‚ either going to college or just working for the rest of your life. Which
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Jay-Z profile the American dream ; they grew up poor with no money. They eventually grew over time by becoming more successful by never giving up and pushing through their hard scramble times. Their whole goal in life is to be successful in reaching their aspirations‚ dreams and goals. The visual message‚ would be the harder you work the more stable and successful you will become. Even though both Jay-Z and Sam Walton profiled individual success pursing “The American dream”‚ Jay-Z pinpoints language
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American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their
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1. Chapter 16: The American West a. The Great Plains i. Indians of the Great Plains 1. In the middle of the 19th century‚ probably around 100‚000 Native American lived in the Great Plains. They were very diverse‚ and were consisted of around 6 linguistic families and at least 30 tribal groupings. The Native Americans were then hurt greatly by the small pox and measles introduced by the Europeans. 2. The Teton Sioux were Native Americans‚ who had lived in the Great Plains. The land in the Great
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