I would feel jealous, angry, sad, and hateful because I would not have gotten something that I thought I also deserved. ... I am sure that this must have been very embarrassing. ... One quality of Joseph's that I would like to have is his patience because I am not very patient. ... I also did not have as much responsibility as he had. ... I have learned through Joseph that we shoul...
Lena, Walter and Beneatha Younger, George Murchison and Asagai each have individual values but they are united by the intersecting dream of a better tomorrow. ... "There are some ideas we ain't going to have in this house. ... He grows envious and resentful of those that have achieved his unfulfilled dream. ... Man, I"m a volcano. ... "Oh, I just mean I couldn't ever really be serious about George. ...
It gave me the chance to dress up and be whatever I wanted to be, kind of live out my deepest dreams. ... But did we ever dream of love? ... Sometimes, I think that these fairy tales have a bigger impact on our distorted view of love than we think. ... In this paper, I will attempt to expose the true meaning behind fairy tales such as Cinderella: all the secret meanings and misconceptions that have been misread by children and adults alike all over the world. ... I mean, what else is there to be worried about? ...
Grandma When I was a small child, about five years old, I had a very vivid dream, one that I shall never forget. ... She would always have a snack waiting for me on the kitchen table because she knew that I was hungry. ... I would have to go in the kitchen and try to make a sandwich on my own. ... The night after we left the hospital I went to bed and fell asleep and I had a dream I had a dream. ... She told me "grandma is tired I am old and now I have to go to a place where old people go and live forever." ...
They have very different goals compare to their brothers and sisters. ... This creates conflict with his dream of becoming a Rocket Scientists. ... John didn't agree with homers dream. ... He worked really hard to follow his dream. ... This was shown when she says to her mother "She can have them, Mama, I can still remember Grandma Dee without the quilts." ...
I was afraid to go to sleep" (Brennan 583). ... I thought I would never stop crying" (Brennan 584). ... ""Of course it dreams", I said. ... Lou connects this same mussel in the end of the story to her family when she responds to her son's announcement that the mussel was still dreaming, ""This time things have gotten better in the mussel's dream"" (591). ... I left my sandals there. ...
Being brought up in a traditional environment; I have very conservative views on the concept of a family. ... I have never had to experience the fact of knowing I can not do something because of "tradition." ... At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. ... Being brought up in a traditional environment; I have very conservative views on the concept of a family. ... I have never had to experience the fact of knowing I can not do something because of "tradition." ...
Although I could have been doing anything else with my time that summer, volunteering was what I wanted to do. ... According to the list she could only have plain black coffee, no cream or sugar. ... I sat down to explain to her why she could not have either. ... However, she refused, indicating that she preferred to have lunch in her room alongside my company. ... She confided me that she was unable to bear children and that she always dreamed of what it would be like to have a child. ...
Someday I"ll have my own business, and I"ll never have to leave my home any more." " Bigger than Uncle Charley! ... I never have to wait in line to see a buyer. ... That's all they have to know, and I go right through." ... The Loman family for the most part are trying to live out the American Dream. ... When Biff and Happy were in high school is seemed as though they were living out the American Dream. ...
I stop to wonder about my success if I would have taken advantage of my opportunities. I myself have had an incident very similar to Mr. ... Now I sit back and analyze how time is fast, and how there was that little time where I could have reacted and used time efficiently towards my dream. I sympathize for James Tyrone and myself, and am stunned at those fortunate souls that do achieve their dreams. I do have hope, unlike the Tyrones, and plan on t...
Willie's main purpose in the play is to fulfill the American Dream. ... The goals that Willie has set was to raise a American family and have a successful career later in life he realizes that his first goal had fallen through, by biff not going to college and happy not having a "good" job. ... The head of the company Howard Wagner is the son of one of Willie's deceased friends, and upon Willie's request to have a stationary job, Howard declines. ... Biff then makes it expressively clear that he wants nothing to do with his father and does not have any respect for him after the ...
I have developed a thesis about changing self - a change of self is not always accepted and the process that is carried out in order to achieve this change has both negative and positive consequences. ... Through studying both Broken Dreams and The Glass Jar, I have been able to explore the process of changing self, develop my ideas and ultimately refine my thesis on the concept. The predominant realisation I have made is this; whilst a person may think they have the ability to deal with a "changing self" situation, when actually presented with one, come to understand that their capacity to ...
It was at a time when I was thought to have weak kidney and a bath in the sea had been recommended as a strengthening remedy.... I have to double myself up to fit properly. ... For example, she wants to have her own trunk to create her own history. ... Dreams are a source of a lot of symbolism. ... I dreamed then that I was walking through warm air filled with soot, heading toward the sea. ...
To try to make their American dreams come true. ... (Pg. 35) Jurgis and his family tried as much as they possibly could to hold on to their hopes and dreams of truly succeeding in this town. ... I will earn more money- I will work harder." ... How each of the families came in with the same hopes and dreams. ... Each family arrived with hopes and dreams of succeeding in this free country were they could work for honest wages and live peacefully, but with each dream and hope came death and despair. ...
He wants to open a liquor store, which was his father's dream. ... He wants his grandmother to have a house with a garden with her tools and a garden hat, likes she dreams. ... He also wants his mom to have the baby, and some peace of mind, and, his dad to have his own business. ... Theme - The theme of this book is the importance of having a dream; each member of the Younger family is obsessed with their dream. ... Similarities in Characters, Setting, Plot, or Theme to other Books I have Read - A book that is similar to A Raisin in the Sun is, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. ...
I believe that this has more of an impact to the viewer. We can see the effect his poverty and social class have on his life, rather than having to be told. ... The director has already introduced the idea that Billy's family will not agree with his dream, and that they are another barrier he will have to overcome to reach his goal. ... Michael says to Billy "I don't know why you bother" and tells him that he's "shite". ... This masculine, macho environment that Billy grows up in will not allow him to follow his dreams of being a ballet dancer. ...
"I am tired of looking at what we can't have. ... Mama begins, and then I stop listening." ... In Rosa's case she has too many kids to handle, and her dream of having the big house and great dinners are now gone. ... "I would've liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn't marry. ... "I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window." ...
She has dreams for her daughter, and this dream is the driving force of her actions. She is moved to realize this dream, that she is not even aware of the potential bad outcomes. There is no talk about hoping to have a daughter it says I will have a daughter just like me, and she will always be to full to swallow any sorrow. ... Her dreams have instilled in her blind faith, and inherent optimism. ... In China Ying- Ying was married to a bad man who was what she dreamed for, but ended up to be very bad. ...
I would beg her "Please let me go back to sleep," but she would have none of that. ... Patricia Miller was my first girl friend, and she filled hours of day dreaming while lying on that lumpy bed. ... In that room I had planned on when we were going to get married and how many kids we were going to have. ... I had my first adult dreams of Patricia in that room, and we were the happiest people in the world. ... I can still feel the love from my family, as well as remember my hopes and dreams for the future. ...
Suayan one of the mothers of the book had high expectations for her daughter Jing-Mei "In America I will have daughter just like me. ... This quote by Suayan shows her immigrant belief in the perfect American Dream and all her hopes for future daughter. ... Jing-Mei has to tolerate her mother's dreams in America, and her mother's never ending search for a perfect prodigal daughter. ... She admits this confronting herself in the mirror: "And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of me "because I have never seen that face before. ... My Mother is dead and I am on a train...
We are full of dreams and goals. I want to be a registered nurse to get a decent job and then buy the house with a nice garden that you dream of. ... I want you to know you are my biggest motivation, you keep me going, and every morning I see in your little face a new reason to pursue my dreams. ... I was worried about not having a career. ... I have to admit my temper got worse the first few months of pregnancy; I felt like I hated your father, everything seemed to irritate me. ...
Traditionally, from the beginning of time, humans have always raised families as a unit, with each individual contributing towards the family to help in any way possible. ... Living the traditional American dream, to some, entails embracing this collectivistic state and becoming a part of a larger family unit. ... This scene is a two-point perspective of the traditional American dream versus its modern version. ... This, I believe, was the basis of the shift to modern family values. ... This tactic serves as the easiest and most effective way to highlight the difference between the traditional...
Although I rarely saw her, the most enduring memories that I have of her is when she put me on her lap and sang a song in a language I barely understood, but that made me dream of magical and adventurous places. ... I have not even seen pictures of him, ever in my life. ... I remember from childhood as my father always told me that men have to be strong, tough, never mourn, and less in front of a woman. ... So I came to the United States, with dreams and ambitions, but also feeling incomplete, feeling that somehow I had let my father down. ... His son, the one who long time ago left home to do...
"Go for your dreams, my little princess. ... Once upon a time, there was a young little girl who had big dreams but her family was too poor to support her. ... Instead, she chose to be different because she knew that she still had so many dreams to be achieved. ... Mama will make sure that you study in school, able to graduate from the university and have a respectable job.... I want to make a difference in people's life but I have to start with my own life first....
I respect these people who say "I know my limits. ... I know I need to come to terms with it, and someday I hope to. The anger that I have is with many of the people involved in the "adoption process", so they call it. ... A death of hope, dreams, and possibility. Let's keep the dream alive by learning all we can about adoption, and by lending support to those whose dream did not come true. ...
