I Am A Master Of My Own Destiny, By The United States Of America

Imagine someone dying from a sickness. They know that they are on their last leg. They can either fight to stay alive, or they can give up hope and pass away. People control their own fate. Controlling their own fate means that they decide when it is time for them to die, and don’t just lay down and accept death. This idea can be seen in in many pieces of text including the following poems. “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley and “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas. Both authors express the theme of people control their own fate.

Throughout the world, the United States is infamous for its guaranteed freedom to its citizens. People travel from all around many different parts of the world to get a taste of the lifestyle and opportunity the United States citizen’s are offered everyday. This nation thrives on preserving our personal freedoms, property, and liberty; moreover, it is the nation’s promise to its citizens. These rights are binded in our coveted Bill of Rights and the Constitution, a document for the people by the people. Many people can find their own personal definition of what they believe to be the American Promise; however, growing up I have always believed and had been taught that the American Promise was the opportunity to live

According to the material, Americans are taught that their behaviors and choices made come from within themselves. This particular characteristic asserts the position of individualism. Individualism drives Americans to believing that there is uniqueness about themselves and their situation. The belief of emphasizing a human’s ability to choose is strengthened by American cultural narratives. This belief also leads to the fundamental narrative of American culture: Regeneration through regression.

To be able to have control over a situation, first you need to have control over yourself. We can use as an example Stephen King´s novel Cujo written in 1981. In the book, Donna Trenton´s four year-old son dies and the reason for that is because Donna wasn´t able to grasp control of the situation. Her desperation didn´t allow her to think clearly and she never actually stopped and tried to figure out a solid plan, she just did everything as she went along. If Donna had been able to have control over herself and stop her desperation from clouding her mind, she might have been able to

Control is a book that definitely has its strengths. One strength is that Beck includes a section in the title page of the book that contains the book’s researchers and contributors. Beck also mentions in “Author’s Note” that he and his staff “watched countless hours of cable news and read hundreds of newspaper columns and articles” (1-2). Plagiarism is a major problem in today’s literary world; by not taking sole credit for all the information obtain, Beck helps to lessen this problem. The major strength of the book, however, is the massive amount of content that Beck provides. This vast array of knowledge adequately supports many of Beck’s points and the “Notes” section adequately supports

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is every person’s god given right, but what exactly is happiness? Americans have fallen in love with the idea of success, we fantasize about cars, clothes and caviar. We want to be living the high life, but the only way to access the high life is to work for it. To climb the ladder of success till you get to the summit. It’s the American Dream, but that’s just it, it’s nothing but a dream, a fantasy. The reality of life is a boring and stressful existence where many of us are just struggling to make a few dollars. It would suffice to say that the American Dream is in all actuality the American Nightmare. The American Nightmare is a pitiful existence inside a self-made

Too many Americans are focused on being something, or someone else. Whether it be the leader of a rock band, a skillful mathematician, or even Kim Kardashian West, there is always someone they aspire to be, but cannot. However, sometimes these fantasies are driven by outside forces and expectations. For instance, family businesses are passed down from generation to generation on the assumption that each generation will continue to maintain the business. There are many Americans out there that are controlled by these expectations and therefore have a hard time living the life they want to live, including the main characters from the books Death of a Salesman, The Other Wes Moore, and Go Set a Watchman.

embraces a capitalistic infrastructure. We blatantly romanticize the clichéd “American Dream,” which, however naïve, is not repressive of individuality. Our society has emphatically rejected collectivist ideals. Traditional capitalism, though it boasts a “pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps” mantra, is liberating for some but notoriously inhibiting for others. Contrasting the realm of collectivist denominations, which provide little opportunity for advancement but start on a level playing field, capitalism is skewed -- the promise of unbounded potential holds true for only a select, privileged

We as Americans tend to get stuck in our everyday routines. We get up, eat, go to work or school, and come home, all so that we can do the same thing again the next day. Doing the same thing is a dangerous and unhealthy habit, much like not being in your natural habit. We take the same worn down roads, read the same ancient words, and do not get to really fully experience what else is out there for us because in America we are confined. Many people just do not think that there is really anything else out there for them to see so the make the claim and stick with the mantra that America is the greatest country. We go to work to get paid so that we can feed ourselves and families, and we go to college to get a well-paying job to provide for our future families. Americans’ are trapped in the system because these days we do not know any other way, and we have to do these things to keep acting as providers. “Down the ages too men have been impressed by the

Possessing a sense of self-independence is an important aspect of the reality of the American Dream. In the letter, “What is an American?,” written by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, he describes the experience of European immigrants on the verge of becoming an American citizen. According to the author, “The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions” (Crèvecoeur 29). America will mold you into a different person. It is our destiny to

   The story of America is an exciting one, filled with swift evolution and an amazing energy unprecedented in world history. In America's short existence, it has progressed from a small collection of European rebels to the economically dominant nation that it is today. Mixed up in the provocative reputation of America is the celebrated ideal of the American Dream, the fantasy of complete independence and self-reliance mixed with the opportunity to attain wealth through one's labors. On the surface, this reverie seems almost enchanted, offering people the unprecedented prospect of achieving success regardless of one's race, religion, or family history. The American Dream is exactly what it appears to

According to the control theory, as we network with the members of our society we will ultimately conform to these norms.

The World Controllers predetermine what role their people will play in society and they often condition them for that role. The people never get a chance to find their own place in the world based on their personal desires, wishes, and dreams. The government has completely taken away their free will to choose what they want to do with their lives. This decision is one of the greatest personal choices a person can make and the fact that the government does not even acknowledge it shows a terrible disrespect towards the general population. Leon R. Kass, who once advised President George W. Bush on bioethical issues, stated that

I believe that control is merely an illusion that we like to believe we have. In one of Dr. Caulder's sessions with Ethan, the guards are asked to leave and soon Dr. Caulder is held captive by Ethan and is demanded to write down what he has lost. Dr. Caulder answers “control” but Ethan says no and asks a few more times. Finally realizing what Ethan is talking about, Dr. Caulder writes down “illusion.”Ethan then explains how we only have the illusion of having

“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” We are indeed born free, but life has a way of constricting us. When we are born, we are free with infinite possibilities. As we grow older and older, life and society puts more constrictions on us. Life has a way of knocking us down and show us what ‘reality’ truly is. Life tells us it’s impossible or that we can’t do it, it will throw us down time and time again. It will make you feel like it is impossible, it will make your dreams seem impossible, and it will push you down and make you feel like you cannot get up again. This is why many people never go after their dreams, they give up on their dreams and live a normal life. Life has a way of putting the fear of god into you, it will make you so afraid that you will give up on your dream. Afraid of failure, afraid of success and afraid of opposition is what kill dreams. Society always tries to put us in our place. Society tells us what we should not do, and what we should do. Society give us boundaries and social norms to live in every day. When you defy society, society fights back and sometimes when fight back, we change society. When we make society change it spreads like wildfire, we automatically inspire other to also change. Even though, people will try to extinguish this fire, it is not a fire that can be extinguished. Charlotte Perkins Gilman started a spark that contribute to a wildfire that took the country by storm and started a