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…        Jay Gatsby, the central character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. The American dream offers faith in the possibility of a better life. Its attendant illusion is the belief that material wealth…

…Symbolism in Dreams In Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima, the author uses Tony’s dreams as a way of displaying various symbols. Three symbols that are used often are weather, water, and the Golden Carp. Weather is used to represent conflict. Water…

…a hundred miles between them and the next individual. These farmers lived in primitive one-room dirt cabins carved out of an embankment, were faced with constant Indian threats, and survived on their own. These families valor represented the American dream…

…of the American dream, have been taught to stress individual success where what is needed is communal solidarity to foster access to the things that they have been categorically denied. A high concentration of African-American entrepreneurs are focused in the service…

…, propels his actions to pursue the American dream. His great enthusiasm for the Wrigley building symbolizes his deep aspirations of realizing the American dream. Jim's dream propels Jim to take 'Public speaking course' in order to advance him, step by step…

…everything is so perfect and right. On the other hand, hell for me is a place full of suffering and sorrow. The movie "What Dreams May Come" had a very strong impact on me, my faith, the way I see things, love, and so many other messages. It is a heady, cerebral…

…other countries. A general feeling of safety and wanting to "be well off "are part of many Americans dreams. An American knows that anything is possible for those who are willing to work hard enough. Not many other nations can say that about there people…

…conclusion about American characteristics is not because of the frontier, but of the American people who have accomplished many people dreams and made American what it is today. Turner’s thesis is useless as a guide for the present and future, because…

…believer that the African Americans have there right to their freedom. In his "I have a dream" speech he says "This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice…

…dream-love. Although in parts the book resembles a moving love story, it has deeper meaning, involving many allusions to the existing society. Gatsby's belief that he can start his life with nothing and achieve all his dreams clearly represents the American…