The American Dream Assignment 1: Text 2 interprets the American dream as something every man or woman can achieve if they have the right attitude. “Everyone is the architect of his own fortune” is a common used speech of many immigrants in America. According to this belief everything is possible to archive if you just work hard enough. In text 2 Arnold Schwarzenegger also describes his travel from Austria to the big U.S.A. According to Arnold the travel was about fulfilling his dreams instead of
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Thesis Statement: Understanding how dreams occur, how they affect our lives and what they mean help us grasp what dreams actually are. Intro: I. (Attention Getter) Have you ever dreamt that you were walking along the side of a road or along a cliff and suddenly you trip? You’re falling for what seems like forever, but before hitting the ground, you wake up? This is considered to be a falling dream, and ironically, falling dreams occur when you are falling asleep. They are usually accompanied
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Hopes, Dreams, and Goals Help Make Changes {A} Why is it that when kids try to ride a bike for the first time, and end up eating pavement, they climb back on and try again? Failure is inevitable. Afterall, humans are far from perfect. {B} However, there are tools that people use which keeps them from giving up when they fail. Without a doubt, there are many hardships in the world. Take the child soldiers and broken families in Uganda, or maybe the struggles of those before who tried making a life
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No Self-discipline; No success Everyone has a dream but has anyone ever truly considered how they could make that dream come true Jesse Owens once said “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” (personal communication, 1936 Olympic games). Everyone should have a sense of personal responsibility, many are unaware of how or what this truly is and even how to achieve it on their own. Many do
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Why are dreams so interesting? They combine fact and fantasy to form a story in our minds. This speech will cover the meanings of dreams, the stages of sleep, notable dreams and some scientific theories about dreams. But what is a dream? Well, even today, on this very day nobody knows what a dream actually is. However there have been some explanations over the years. In the era when the Greek and Roman empires were established, they considered dreams as a religious context and believed that dreams
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The American Dream 1. In text no. 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger has written a comment in the U.S. News & World Report. The American dream is interpreted as something you make yourself worthy for. Schwarzenegger came from Austria to the States in 1983, hoping to fulfill his dreams, instead of becoming a police officer like his father. Schwarzenegger succeeded, especially in his acting-career, but also in his political career. Today he is the governor of California. But there wasn’t anything given
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1. Give an outline of how the American Dream is interpreted in texts 2, 3 and 4 Arnold Schwarzenegger recalls lessons from 25 years as a U.S. citizen – learn English, Participate in Politics and Give Back. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s text focuses on immigrants that came to America, to achieve ”The American Dream”. The American Dream from Arnold’s view is not about what you can acquire from America, as an immigrant, but what you can do to give something back. His suggestions for giving something back
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‘magical’ state, the dream. In the dream, people maybe part of a Wonderful Wizard of Oz, horror stories or even reality shows. This chimerical state has caused dream researchers to question the cause of dream or even the contents of dream. Despite the fact that the state of dreaming has gathered researchers’ attention for long time, researchers have only begun to conduct thorough investigation on dreaming. However, as Robert E. Haskell (1986) states, “…The study of dreams and dreaming is an area
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Running head: THE GREAT GATSBY ESSAY #2 1 The Great Gatsby Essay #2 Logan Daniel Laabs Madonna University English 3020: Major American Writers (Tuesdays) THE GREAT GATSBY ESSAY #2 2 The Great Gatsby Essay #2 The Great Gatsby takes place over the summer of 1922 and is set in the area around Long Island, New York. At first glance Fitzgerald makes a superficial statement about romanticism; Gatsby’s love for Daisy and how that love was destroyed in 1919 when Gatsby left for
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I don't usually have dreams and the dream telling would be hard to do everyday. On page 33 paragraph 1, it states “Usually, at the morning ritual when the family members told their dreams, Jonas didn't contribute much.” which explains how it could be annoying to explain dreams when he don't have any. On page 35 paragraph 4 Father says “ Thank you for your dream, Jonas.” shows that children are praised for sharing their dream and I find that unnecessary. On page 36 paragraph 2, The man on the
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