James Allen's 'Path To Prosperity'

The American Dream is a commonly known theme among the general population today. It states that with the right amount of work any US citizen can obtain success in their lives. This idea was popularized around 1930 with James Truslow Adam’s book “The Epic of America” bringing about the idea that there is opportunity for everyone in America if they can work hard enough.3 This idea of the American dream however began much earlier than the 20th century. Rather it began in the west in the 1800s as US citizens gained the ability to cross the frontier and begin completely new lives, whether those lives became advantageous or not. According to the American Dream the western settler’s level of work, not race or gender, would determine whether or not he or she became successful. However this was not the case. The American Dream of the 19th century is disparate from the one known today. Unlike Adam’s “American Dream” of the 1930s, this western “American Dream” was heavily skewed towards white male, US citizen obtainment. This was because the main drive of the western frontier was for white male US citizens to profit from the newly obtained land and keep it for themselves thus fulfilling their new “American Dream.” In the mid19th century, economic opportunities existed in the Western Frontier of America, allowing people to go and accomplish their dreams if they had the motivation, but those opportunities were prohibitive for women, nonwhites, or non US

Moreover into his life he really began to gain momentum towards his life when he started school. He began Pre-k in a private catholic school St. Anthony. He would gain life experiences by the little things that happened to him. Expecting another classmate to be his friend and ultimately being told that they're not friends made James cry. However, he has learned not to cry when a person does not feel the same way but rather find someone that does. One of his closest friends during Pre-K was Phillip but their friendship would end like most would during such a young age, by going to different schools. James then went to finish most of his elementary classes in St. Joseph’s Catholic School, another private school. There he would go and become more sociable with his peers and had a level of comfortable around them. So much so that he would make a YouTube channel simply titled “James Craw”. Here he would record himself and friends performing skits and the interesting parts of his life he wanted to

He wrote that the problem of the age is the proper administration of wealth. To give libraries to help the people that would use them. People thought a captain of industry was a wealthy man who gave to the poor out of his own money. But there were also people who thought otherwise.

Edgar Allen’s opening statement is fuelled entirely by emotion, making him what Covey calls a “hot reactor,” a big sign of playing victim. He is upset and therefore jumps to the worst possible conclusion—that his “college days are at an end”—rather than staying calm and evaluating his options (Covey). The major reason Edgar is a victim, however, is that he blames everyone else for his actions, not once taking a step back to think this may be his own fault, and that there are several choices he could make toward the best possible outcome. Instead, Edgar complains about having to work the entire weekend, and about not having enough time to write the paper assigned weeks ago; he blames his boss without even calling him to work out a solution, and his teacher for not extending the due date for him; he makes the excuse of being too tired to write every night he’d planned to, and yet still goes out Sunday night to celebrate (Downing

He knew that money did not define a person and that money does not bring happiness. He could only receive happiness from solely relying on himself and

He wrote the book to explain how hard some people work for what they have. It is not always an easy road and he makes sure to explain it very well how hard he had it. His own family were the ones encouraging

“I have made no money. I am as poor now as ever I was in my life,” was a quote from Edgar Allan Poe. This quote can be applied to his career but also to both of his father's David Poe and John Allen. Both men have left an scaring impact on Edgar’s life. Even though, the men have had a negative impact they have inspired many of his poems and have made him who he is which is unquestionable. Poe’s personality is dark and unhappy which has been blamed accordingly to the men in his life. The men David Poe and John Allan have impacted his life by abandonment, money, and not being loyal to him.

He believes that money is the root of all evil and that material goods is worthless, “When I met a government which says to me, “ Your money is your life,” Why should I be in a haste to give it my mone? It may be in a great strait, and not know what to do: I cannot help that. It must help itself; do as I do. ”(“Civil Disobedience” 174- 176). He addresses that money is not his life and that he is responsible for himself.

(The Garland Society; World Biography) He eventually saved up enough money to attend Moses True Brown’s Boston School of Oratory, although he almost quit not long after due to money. (World Biography) Brown, not wanting Garland to quit, gave him a job at the college lecturing. (World Biography) He then developed his idea of veritism and started working on Main Travelled Roads, his first book. (The Garland Society; World Biography) His other early works were published in Transcript, Harper’s Weekly. (World Biography) In order to show the hardships faced in the West, he wrote simply and directly, creating realistic stories. (World Biography; Britannica) He eventually took part in the Klondike gold rush, where he made records of the people of the West and the Native Americans, both of which were used later in his works. (The Garland Society) As a result of the gold rush and records, he wrote The Trail of the Gold Seekers, his last non-fiction book. (The Garland Society) He eventually abandoned his first genre for autobiographies and stopped writing so directly and plainly around 1902, marking the beginning of his career

He traveled to learn deep meditation and yogic practices. Then after years of trying different methods, while sitting under a Budhi tree, he found pure Enlightenment while meditating. From this point on he would teach to anyone who would follow him. In his eyes all were equal, anyone, man or woman from any class. He also created an order of monks that would help him teach his message to the masses. Those who follow the school of Buddhism understand it as a philosophy, moral code, and/or religion. The main goal is to define the type of suffering that a human has and provide a remedy for it. The teachings are centered around non-violence and compassion. The teachings tie in with meditation being the most important way to achieve spiritual insight.

Franklin self-consciously promotes himself as the ideal American in his book The Way to Wealth. He does so by creating two fictitious characters, Poor Richard and Father Abraham. Poor Richard is Franklin's pseudonym. He uses this pseudonymous character to inform the American public of industry and frugality. Preaching industry, Poor Richard says "Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy." For frugality, he urges people to "suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." For Father Abraham, he is to laud and promote Poor Richard's maxims, which is Franklin in disguise. The praise from another person is more credible than if Franklin is to praise for

The writer F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characterization in his short story “Winter Dreams” to address the void in the materialist success. He tries to show that the desire to accumulate a fortune or being rich is not a guaranty of an indescribable happiness even though people have the idea of that money will end all their problems, and thus, they will be free of any other unpleasant moments. Despite money is necessary in many occasions, it will not fulfill the emptiness on people.

Fitzgerald’s purpose to writing books was to inspire the flapper philosophy, and books that dismiss wealthy people on being thoughtless. However, Fitzgerald did not win any literary awards. He grew up full of wealth which earned him a place in the american literary canon. One of his greatest accomplishments

Even as a child, Allen excelled in English, reading, and foreign languages. He excelled through school and became one of the smartest kids in his class. Although English came easy for him, he worked with all of his might to earn good grades in math and science. In the period between 1934 to 1936 he felt as if he was different from most of the kids his age; other boys attracted his sexual attention. While this coming of age event was happening to Allen, his mother’s medical condition worsened. She would walk around the house naked in front of Allen and Eugene and would claim to hear voices coming out of the walls. The two brothers would often go to bed with pots around their heads claiming that the pots repelled the evil forces haunted their mom. Allen would snuggle up close to Eugene, not that Eugene attracted him, but to fulfill his physical needs and

I was born in Nepal, and I lived there for the first twelve years of my life. While there, I went to school and studied Buddhism. I learned about his life and the philosophies he kept and practiced. Also, I learned that he was a great leader with great ideas. Some of these ideas are the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold path, Nirvana, fundamental wisdoms, the theory of karma and rebirth, the five precepts, and the Wheel of Dharma. These have influenced many people over the past twenty-five centuries. I learned about his great achievement and how he was able to create a whole new religion. Through influencing many people with his unique practices and philosophy, Buddhism has become the fourth largest religion in the world. From living in Nepal and studying Buddhism there, I learned firsthand that he is a great religious leader who left a legacy not just on Nepalese culture, but on the whole world.