California Dreams

In the novel, the setting takes place in the Salinas valleys of CA, 1930s. In American history, the 1930s was a time period where there was a constant strive for hope that the economy

Steinbeck shares the same negative opinions about the dream in his essay, “America & Americans: Is the American dream even possible?”, he shows a general negative attitude towards the topic of the American dream. In this essay, he states his opinion on the unachievable American dream which is much like the dream of the of the

In the late 1800’s, a lot of change was being brought upon the United States, especially on the west of America. New things were established and found in west states, such as Nevada and California. Many of these new establishments helped freed slaves find living as the gold mines were a huge ideal to foreigners traveling from the south and midwest. The Gold Rush was found in Sierra Nevada during 1848, when gold was found in a mine. This completely changed the popularity and population of California. Although, for many people who wanted to travel to mine for gold during the Gold Rush, it was a tough journey as there was no true railroad nor steamboats yet to be taken to the west. With the rise of exposure for the Chinese population in San Francisco,

The California Dream has been hacked in everybody's mind as the paradise on earth. Everybody in the world has at least once dreamt of going to California and live their dream. California is a prosperous land with beautiful nature, and last but not least, a land of opportunities. The California Dream consists of a big house with a beautiful backyard surrounded by a pictural landscape, sunny beaches and great acquaintances. But further than esthetics, Californian Dream prevails fast wealth and fame. California is perceived as a place of new beginnings where “working hard and playing hard” becomes a great moto. As once the historian W.Brands stated, “[...], California is the new dream of instant wealth, won in a twinkling by audacity and good

The author focuses on Alfred Doten, John Dobly, Timothy Osborn exemplify prevalent “vices” that men struggled with working in the California Gold Rush. Alfred Doten represents the man who is flexible with his sexuality because of his drive for intimacy. He openly flirted and indulged in Native women. He took part in “homosocial behavior,” and the article indicated he may have slept with several men. Yet, he continued to write to an Anglo white woman back at home. John Dobly represents the man who tried to uphold his Anglo Protestant

These two stories have few things in common that can be described in a way that

“Freedom was in the very air Californians breathed, for the country offered a unique and seductive drought of liberty. People were free from censure, from Eastern restrictions, from societal

Unfortunately, a new life in California was not as ideal as they thought it would be. There were less jobs available than were advertised. In California, many farmers found themselves still unemployed. They gave up farming corporations when they discovered that a good portion of California’s farmlands were owned by large farms with various different crops and eventually they looked to do different work. (“The Dust Bowl” 2)

The first chapter of the book is an introduction to the economy, politics and people of California. It encompasses the economy, politics and demography of the state for the past, present and the future. The edition features updated demographic information of the state from the census that took place in 2010. The chapter explains the state’s transition from colonization to rebellion and statehood. It discusses California’s past, including the great depression, political turmoil, infrastructure, workingmen’s party and World War II. The growth, reform and progressive change of the state to what it is today is also highlighted in the book. California previously faced budget deficits

It is hard to find California now, unsettling to wonder how much of it was merely imagined or improvised; melancholy to realize how much of anyone’s memory no true memory at all…I have an indelibly vivid ‘memory’, for example, of how Prohibition affected the hop growers around Sacramento… (Didion 57)

The American Dream has long been thought the pinnacle idea of American society. The idea that anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or financial status, could rise from the depths and become anything they wanted to be with no more than hard work and determination has attracted people from all around the world. Two writers from America’s past, however, have a different opinion on the once-great American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck have given the public their beliefs on the modern Dream through the novels they have written, The Great Gatsby, and Of Mice and Men, respectively. One novel placed during the Great Depression and the other during the Roaring Twenties both illustrate how their author feels about the Dream

With a differentiated response to Bob Herbert's “Hiding from Reality”, Cal Thomas voices his opinion and outlook on the struggling American Dream. He directly states the blame for the failure and builds on what Herbert has to say through pathos and varying tone. Throughout “Hiding from Reality”, Herbert builds on why the American Dream is downfalling along with reasons why, though he does not clearly blame anyone or anything specifically. In addition to what Herbert has to say, Thomas asses the blame.

Crooks however dismisses these beliefs by referencing other ranch workers, “hundreds of men”, to be exact, who have the same aspirations of owning their own land but “God damn one of em’ ever gets it.” The culmination of both texts simply resides that once the potential of the American Dream becomes a reality it results in the collapse of everyone’s dreams and aspirations.

California represents is not as easy to attain as they once thought. The characters in The Day of the

The times were hard in Los Angeles, as more and more poor people migrated into