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    Value of Dreams Dreams are the visions that have created hope for people since the beginning of time. Sometimes they come true, and sometimes they don’t but there is always that end result in the back of everyone’s mind. In “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, the Younger family is a rather poor family living in Chicago’s Southside in a cramped apartment that has a community shower. Almost every member of the family has a dream in which they wish to pursue and most of their dreams revolve

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    We all have dreams but they don’t always come true “Of Mice and Men” is a story where this is partly true because not only does one dream not come true none of them do. The story “Of Mice and Men is a story where no dreams come true. Just a few examples of peoples whose dream didn’t come true Candy, Curley, Curley's Wife, George, and Lennie. I believe that Steinbeck was trying to show what the everyday life of a man and women was like during the during the depression and how no dreams ever came true

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    Lastly, when an individual does not fulfill their dreams, they will not be happy. This is similar to the thought of the American dream, but more generalize to any type of dream; any want which a person may have. If a want or dream is significant enough and the person knows that they cannot have it, this may lead to them breaking down, the same way Marcus did in this quote “[t]he sobs that came then didn't sound like my voice. They sounded like an animal noise, maybe a donkey or some kind of big cat

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    Why We Dream

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    Why we Dream? “People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.” This quote by George Carlin is a perfect description of the odd nature of sleep and dreams. Dreams are something that most human beings experience on a nightly basis. Because we all dream, the

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    Chasing the Endless Dream Dreams are merely your own fantasies living within your mind. The American Dream is anything you believe it to be, all depending on each individual's mentality. If there was a better way of saying this, it would be like this: “Never let it be said that to dream is a waste of one’s time, for dreams are our realities in waiting. In dreams, we plant the seeds of our future” (unknown). The American Dream is a misconception for the ways that society has portrayed it to be.

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    that the American dream is accessible to all people no matter where they came from or the color of their skin! People come to America to live the American dream, but what is the American dream you may ask? "the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative". People come to America and live the life they always wanted and make it in America and live in a free country. Some immigrants come and work hard and

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    The extent in which to pursue dreams is a basic human struggle. What effects do dreams and goals have on individual lives? Dreams drive the decisions people make whether it be financially, career, family etc. In the Langston Hughes poem “A dream deferred” he explores the idea of what happens when dreams are left unpursued. He suggests the dreams left ignored may fade away, become a heavy load, or stay a light at the end of a dreey tunnel. Hughes’ work mainly focused on the black community , their

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    The American Dream

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    The “American Dream” has been something pervasive throughout the growth of American from its foundation to its current time. People have long made their dream to come to America and make a better life for themselves, their children, or whoever they truly, deeply cared about. For many, this was the dream of a home, a good job, a nice community, and a loving family. For others it was the dream of something better for your children than what you had growing up. In recent years many have argued that

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    American Dream The American Dream is something common to all people, but is yet something that everyone views in different ways. One person’s American Dream may be totally different from someone else’s, that is what makes us all different, unique and special. The American Dream is a reality and it is something we strive for. It may not be simple to live out, but it is definitely something we can work for. Your dream can change as you grow up, and the more you grow up the more realistic the dream becomes

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    they have no idea what they will do after they graduate. Some students may have several ideas came out, but they never make them come true. There are plenty of people who have difficulty to know what they are passionate in, and even they can do but most never have the extraordinary drive necessary to go for their dreams. At this difficult time, there is a book walked to me, “Major in Success” written by Patrick Combs, which is a book that is to help people find their true dream job and become successful

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