Dream Essays

Dan Rather, the author of The American Dream: Stories from the Heart of a Nation writes about Trung Dung an Internet millionaire. He states that the term Internet millionaire became an obsession with the new economy. He mentioned that they were business heroes and guided American dreams of materialism. In …

The play, ‘Death of a Salesman’, uses Willy Loman’s frequent day dreams to give the audience insight into his mind. Viewing the hallucinations allows the audience to see important events in the Loman families past and also provides justification for the actions of the characters in the ‘real time’ of …

Anyone can succeed through hard work and persistence. That was the original American Dream, and that notion has somewhat been at the heart of American culture through history. However, composers F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of ‘The Great Gatsby’ (1926), and Sam Mendes, director of the movie ‘American Beauty’ (1999), explain …

In his essay “Our Sprawling, Supersize Utopia” David Brooks defines the American dream as an idyllic world that is comparable to Lewis Lapham’s essay “Who and what is American?”. The American dream is not just a shared imagination, but a fantasy. Brook’s humorous descriptions help him describe and critique the …

In the classic film Citizen Kane, director Orson Welles introduces the idea of the American Dream: a life of success and wealth. One’s formal expectation of this theme would be that of a perfect family life, large amounts of money, a successful career and ultimately, happiness. Welles redefined these expectations …

I found the reading “The Symbolic Language of Dreams”, written by Stephens King, a very interesting story to write about. King stated a quote in his introduction saying that dreams are a useful way that help people find the nature of their problems; or, find answers to their problems in …

Failure of the American Dream The setting is in Long Island, New York on the parts of East Egg and West Egg. West Egg is home of the “new” rich people and East Egg is home to the distinguished rich families. Nick Carraway has just moved into his new shack …

When thinking of the most effective and well known speeches in history, one of the first speeches that comes to mind is Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream.” A large part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s success as an orator was due to his uses of rhetoric in …

Although Dexter’s dream parallels to that of the American Dream, Fitzgerald presents this idea of idealism in a negative sense, saying that in reality achieving this dream is impossible. The American Dream can be defined simply as the American ideal of living a happy and successful life. However each person has …

The American Dream is a widespread idea. Depending on whose dream it is, it can also have many different definitions. The United States was founded on the idea of individual worth, and the ability of people being able to make their own choices to affect their own destiny. Being in …