Dare to DREAM “O my God‚ Give me a wonderful dream‚ Hope for a successful dream Give me the best dream. I have a dream Now‚ Tonight and‚ Tomorrow. A dream within a dream‚ Dream of guardian angel‚ Dream of seeing myself‚ Being success and happy. I have a dream Dream of heaven Dream of success Dream of happiness I have a dream‚ A Dream to become What I want to become‚ Dream of my coming I have a dream‚ Dream to freedom Dream of enlightenment Dreaming endlessly.”(Lawrence CH Hiun)
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“Hold fast to dreams‚ for if dreams die‚ life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes‚ a prominent literary figure in the early twentieth century‚ once wrote this in his poem “Dreams.” Being a young black man in Great-Depression-era America‚ he knew well what it meant to have a dream broken by social and economic issues. To his advantage‚ he was fortunate to possess a strong voice to express his and his people’s opinions. In his poetry‚ Langston Hughes wrote of twentieth-century
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attainable the American Dream is‚ we must first define it. The American Dream is the ability to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative. America’s social system can both hinder you‚ and help you in achieving the American Dream. Barriers such as far outweigh the opportunities as far as achieving the American Dream‚ nevertheless‚ it is still possible. Starting from the bottom and working your way up is very difficult. In order to achieve the American Dream‚ you must
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the 1950s. During this time‚ many Americans were stepping back for a bit of self-analysis‚ both as a county‚ and as individuals. This is present in Death of a Salesman‚ as well as another well-known work‚ an essay by John Steinbeck‚ “Paradox and Dream.” In this Steinbeck analyzes the state of America and what exactly it is they’re striving for(Thomas). In Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller takes on a similar task‚ providing commentary on what the American Dream is through Willy Loman and his family
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The American Dream started in the early days when poor immigrants were first coming to America and looking for opportunities. The Declaration of Independence states that “all man are created equal and that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights‚ among which are life‚ liberty and pursuit of happiness” (“The American Dream”‚ n.d.‚ para. 1). In the 1920’s‚ The American Dream used to be searching for equality. Now everyone is trying to just get as rich as they can. This is one of the many
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of Langston Hughes’s poems‚ accentuate the possession of hopefulness of African Americans in correlation to the Great Migration‚ from the south to the flourishing north‚ between the 1920s and 1960s. African Americans‚ seeking for occupational and life opportunities‚ drift to the north‚ where economy exists to be blooming and thriving. Hughes’s idiosyncratic style of fabrication of metaphors highlights African Americans’ possession of high hopes while entering the land of opportunities and a better
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to achieve the “American Dream”. Everyone in the world has their own perspective on what that fantasy is‚ including the characters in A Raisin in the Sun. Through the use of the Younger family‚ Hansberry focuses on the importance of achieving the “American Dream” regardless of the harsh turns and bends of life. Mama has aspirations for supplying her family with a stable lifestyle that she never had. The plant that Mama tends to throughout the play symbolizes her care for her dream. Mama said‚ "Lord
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Introduction Definition: The American Dream - MONEY‚ POWER‚ LUXURY The American Dream depends on the philosophy that everybody‚ regardless of what his Origins are‚ can be fruitful through his own effort and by developing his qualities. The old American Dream was about the longing of an area‚ where life ought to be better‚ More full and wealthier for each man. The old American Dream was in the minds of the early settlers‚ who fled from Europe to America. They left Europe‚ because of the monarchy
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An Analysis on the Decline of the American Dream Coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931 in response to the economic growth and prosperity experienced in the 1920’s following the end of World War I‚ the American Dream has served as a source of motivation for working American citizens and a pull-factor for those immigrating to America for decades. Defined as “the ideal that every American citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and
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Gender- Inequality in labor force The American Dream‚ one of the most attractive things which draw thousands people to the United States‚ is just a simple promise: equality. This is where people can work hard and expect to gain from their effort. This is where opportunities are equally provided for anyone who has determination to improve his or her life. Anyone can have equal access to the American Dream. However‚ it depends. If you are White‚ you can dream that dream. If you are non-White‚ you cannot
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