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in the promised land did so through the exploitation of the land, its resources, and its natives" as is the case with Jay Gatsby (...

the details of the "American Dream," and what this term has come to mean in our culture. This page asks "What is the American Drea...

period between consciousness and sleep. This period lasts approximately ten minutes until Stage II commences, lasting another fif...

who does not exhibit the same or nearly the same amount of wealth and material possessions. The lost generation of America is ext...

(Welch 391). In both of these instances, Welch uses descriptive language to set the tone for what Fools Crow is feeling and thinki...

Glauser regards race more as a social construct than a physical characteristic. As such, whether "intentional or unintentional, o...

the story talks of how Maggie was a determined young woman and how she actually became financially stable enough, even during the ...

Hauptmann School of Public Affairs defines "public affairs" in terms that underscore the significance of the inter-relationships t...

that "the one who dies with the most toys wins" which is illustrative of the desire so many people have to own the best house, the...

on this promissory note, but that the government has "defaulted" (King). This metaphor is extremely apt and provides both a logi...

of the American Dream with Benjamin Franklin who seemed to prove that through honest and hard work an individual could find succes...

examines the values that Americans hold dear to them, as well as illustrating his own values. It is perhaps somewhat difficult to ...

belief in the "American way," but even at the cost of his sanity he is still unable to succeed. What he has done is to instill the...

able to construct homes inexpensively (Kelly, 2004). Additionally, he would bypass union workers for those who came at a lower pri...

opening, Hughes moves on to create a "crescendo of horror," which entails moving through a series of neutral questions. The questi...

who is noble, honest, and humble. He fights for the rights of an African American accused of raping a white woman even though the ...

work and survive, this dream is simple and very powerful Throughout the Great Depression people left their land, when it was use...

Zakaria traces what he calls the "hollowing out" of the American middle class and the chaos that has wrought on the economy and th...

Opinion / Agree / Strongly Agree 4. I am generally accepting and tolerant of other cultures and ethnicities. Strongly Disagree /...

matter how an author chooses to draw the portrait, the mother figure is one of the primal archetypes of human society. This paper ...

in the sense that opportunities for success are not actually equally distributed, but the ideal holds true in some sense in that t...

The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...

This essay describes the thematic function of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Six pages in length, ...

This essay asserts that Nick Carraway's narration presents Jay Gatsby's story in terms of Freudian psychology and as paralleling ...

a well-respected and world-famous journalist who was trusted by the American people to bring them the news objectively. From hosti...

of the Puerto Rican dream to its death and the deaths of those who made up his poets society, but it is a stretch to say that it m...

as the finest American novel ever written. It retains its power because it is a sort of dual effort: it praises the American Dream...

is silly as the family lives in New York City. And "Happy" is ridiculous; perhaps Willy thought that if he gave his son that name,...

The thematic representation of the American dream in two literary genres (1 poem and 2 short stories) is discussed in 9 pages. Th...

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...