The American Dream Everyone has an idealized version of life that they believe to be true. The common thought is that in order to live a worthwhile life everyone should have wealth, love and true happiness. This however is not what actually happens. These are fairy tale thoughts and everyone knows that fairy tales are not true. The American Dream can be achieved in different aspects by different people.
Which today most people are materialistic, so much hasn’t changed, people are stuck in their ways.. Everyone wants success, power, and wealth. They don’t stop to think of the things that really do matter, because to them, all that matters is The American Dream. The wealth, the success, the power, all of the things which don’t really matter to most people. The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock is meant to be a symbol of hope, and a very promising future for the Great Gatsby. Not being able to reach the light but being able to see it.
What is the American Dream? It is an ideal that has been around for a long time which now seems to be everybody’s main priority. They too can live a happy and successful life, but only if they work hard towards their dreams. The main idea is to rise from rags to riches, while having such things as love, power, material goods, and high status on the pursuit of happiness. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a man who started out with no money, and after years of hard work finally achieved a fraction of his dream which was to become wealthy.
They are just getting high to celebrate getting high or something like that. What they do have in common is that they both do not want to fit the cultural acceptance. In our society, Ravers wear many trends that are new. Many times, when something is new it takes awhile for it to be even slightly accepted. The accepted trend seems to be the “preppy†look that sends the message that since the person can dress well, they are well on their way to a bright future.
Right before this she states, "Not so long ago, you had to make a pretty strenuous effort to become well enough known to register as famous." Daum banters how poor the efforts have become and that achieving fame can be done by anyone. Daum throws in the comparison of what her celebrity radar used to be like, "I used to merely ignore news about the faux famous and their tabloid-targeted exploits, I now notice it and feel repulsed." Reverse indifference is what Daum would call this, the pathetic attempts at fame are recognized more and have become painfully unappealing. Fame has become easily attainable by anyone who can find an audience that will pay them attention, but that loses the hard work and true meaning to becoming famous.
Has Huxley written a book about what a perfect society is, or has he written about degradation humans? The society in Brave New World is functional, it protects it's people everyone is happy, and it keeps people safe. The lives of the people seem to be horrible because they have no individuality. Yet their lives are much better than ours. In a Utopia the things that hurt the society and make it unstable the same things that make people happy in a modern society.
Cause and Effect Essay Just as society has become more accepting of adoption, the process has become more difficult, expensive, and potentially heart breaking. The corrupt system has left many couples with no choice but to adopt abroad, and thousands of American children with no hope of ever having a permanent home. Just about anything that could go wrong with an adoption system has gone wrong with the American Adoption System. The problems range from the unnecessary fees and expenses, to the uncalled for complexity and lack of accountability. The top priority of the adoption system has unfortunately become profit, and the wellbeing of the children has become the least of the profiteers worries.
I guarantee you that most people who have experienced the things that I have would be far from happy. I have days when I think I’m crazy for even having the slightest hint of happiness. But I am so happy and I never would have guessed that I would ever be able to say that truthfully. I am just so happy. I am happy for a large number of reasons.
Jason Baker Eng-11-10 July, 29, 2010 Melissa Byrd Exam, Final Essay Welfare; The falling of America. Welfare once began as a way to save the over burdened American from complete and total loss of everything they had worked so hard to acquire or accomplish, but it has now become the largest and misused form of government support that now only serves to make people more dependent, and in turn damages society morally as a whole. Welfare has thus far in our history as a country only bred laziness. First, people on welfare; for the most part, do not have to work. All the government requires of people on welfare is to fill out a job application on a regular basis and then that person will be eligible to receive benefits.
“The American Dream: A Paradox” Most people want to be successful in their life, but most of them fail to produce the results they desire in the end. Money, social class and family stability are among some of the factors that could inhibit ones success. “Our national mythology abounds with the illustration of the American success story. The notion of success haunts us”. (Colombo 255-256) Paradoxes in American culture are caused by one's ability to achieve success solely based on the individual and their ability.