Dream a Little Dream of Me

“School is the number one main priority, remember that.” said Dad. Getting straight A’s is a well-set foundation that will lead me to a better future to succeed in life. To achieve my dream, I have three main goals which are working hard, bring my education first, and follow direction. My dream is to succeed in life by getting straight A’s. First, working hard mean many things but what does it mean specifically? It means to put my best effort that I can. For example, if there was a project that

are kind to one another's dreams” - Henry David Thoreau. Of Mice and Men tells the story of two men, George and Lennie, who travel together as migrant workers. The two men have a dream together of buying their own land, and along the way, they encounter a lot of people who stand in the way of their aspirations. In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, George influences others through his dream such as himself, Lennie, and Candy. George influences himself through his dream by inspiring himself to

Steinbeck incorporates the theme of the American Dream, an expression used to represent wanted success, throughout his story Of Mice and Men as he provides glimpses of the dreams of many characters. Towards the end of the novel, the fact is that each of the characters “American Dream” is just that, a dream, which is unattainable. In short, Steinbeck portrays his position of the unrealistic desires for untarnished happiness through the dreams of Candy, Curley’s Wife, and Crooks in Of Mice and

Today Candy was listenin' in on me and Lennie havin' a chat, normally I don't like people listenin' in on me but Candy had somethin' interesting to say. He wanted to join the little dream me and Lennie 'ave got of gettin' our own little place and land and a few crops an' animals. He's got $350 to help buy the land. Since he aint no harm and he's probabally gonna die soon we decided to let him come. The dream that was just a dream is now comin' to reality just coz that old man Candy. Im gonna get

Sipping a beer on the front rugged porch as the sun sets and your hard work sits in front of you in the brisk breeze. This is the American Dream. I’m sure you have heard of the idea that America is the melting pot, it is the land of the free and the home of the brave. American culture has always dictated that here you should work hard so you can come home to your wife that just took a perfectly browned turkey out of the oven. A prime example of this is Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Gatsby

of them was unique for us. Little Dentist Briefcase. Some fake plastic dental instruments, small mouth mirror, handpieces, some different excavators and a kid size lab coat. I still remember the feeling when I imagined myself as a dentist in that small lab coat. Thirty years later, thousands miles away from that home, when I was taking the real ones in my hands, and was working as a dental assistant, all those memories were being reviewed in my mind. I’m making my dream come true. And it’s the meaning

that I get a little bit frustrated with myself. I want to find the path that is true to who I am. I believe that the Career Exploration program help me find this path. At this point in my mind, I am stuck at a fork in the road between my dream jobs and I’m ready to finally pick. Growing up, my mother always told me that I was going to make her proud by becoming a doctor. Me being the complete momma’s boy, my plan is to make her the proudest and happiest mother ever. Soon my mother’s dreams became my

Wilson, the authors show the American Dream as a goal, something to reach for. But there always seems to be roadblocks in the way of the characters in the plays to reach the American dream. Both plays show hope for the American dream even through at first glance both plays might look hopeless. Though to some it would seem that both plays shed a positive light on the American dream it can also be proven that both are negative towards the end goal of the American dream. In the play of Death of a Salesman

Very often, people leave behind their dreams for more practical solutions to dismal situations. In Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, dreams often serve the purpose of giving characters new opportunities. Dreams are also typically unattainable, yet characters in the novel spend much of their time trying to achieve them. Because the Depression era was so destitute, Lennie and George’s dream is a positive distraction from their seemingly hopeless situation. These reasons expose a deeper, more tragic

American Dream and fate Many times in life people realize that things they have dreamed will happen in their lives, in fact, will never come to fruition. In the book Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck tries to teach through Candy that the American Dream is the desire to belong, to be wanted, finally to be understood, when reality checks in you are hit with fate, “something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune” (Dictionary.com). And realize it is nothing more than a dream. The American Dream to Candy