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…Sandra Cisneros' version of the American Dream can be defined through the lives of the characters in "The House on Mango Street". Using several vignettes throughout the book, Esperanza, the narrator, reveals Cisneros' interpretation of the ideal…

…The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Has a central theme, the American Dream and it's tragic result of those who attempt to capture its false reality. For Jay Gatsby, the dream becomes real through wealth and power, and he maintains…

…How does Arthur Miller, through ‘Death of a Salesman’ deal with the theme of the ‘American Dream’? Death of a salesman is a play about one mans strange dream, which is shattered by his worthless son. The dream destroyed the son - Biff, and had its…

…day leading a happy and prosperous life in a land that, more than any other country, allows the people the chance to "write the script of their own lives". The American Dream became the idea of an individual overcoming all obstacles and beating all odds…

…of romance, success, wealth, moral values and happiness or what is thought of as the "American Dream." However, as it turns out, due to easy money and the carefree social values of the era, The Great Gatsby depicts a story of the "withering of the American Dream…

…Dreams and Dreaming “ To write something and leave it behing us, It is but a dream When we awake we know There is not even anyone to read it” Zen Master Ikkyu WE dream during a state…

…Who does not want to live the perfect life, the American Dream? Throughout Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is in pursuit of this Dream. Willy focuses on the idealistic American dream his entire life, associating it with financial…

…The American Dream is known to many as the desire for a better life, be that politically, religiously, economically, or simply the overall quality in one's life. For years, Americans have been chasing this dream. The British came to the New World…

…to be true for many successful individuals. This idea has come to be known as the ‘American Dream.’ Its foundation was based on good ethics; however, with the passing of time it has become distorted. The American Dream no longer stands for equal opportunity…

…Searching for the American Dream <Tab/>"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." Hunter S. Thompson makes this statement at the very beginning of his memoir Fear and Loathing in Las…