Essays on American Society

Yearning to Breathe Free The illustration issued by The New Yorker for July 2nd, 2018 edition by Barry Blitt shows five people hiding behind the Statue of Liberty. Judging from their facial features, the people in the cartoon are most likely immigrants as they do not show typical traits of a natural American-white, black, or...

“The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any case, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream” – Azar Nafisi The American Dream is sucking the soul out of our society. That’s just the truth of it. As Azar Nafisi said, “The negative side of the American Dream...

During the Great Depression, individuals looked for a legend and startlingly discovered one wearing red and blue tights, in a comic – Superman. Superman lived in a conjured up universe however confronted genuine circumstances. Superman’s initial story showed a newborn child that was conceived on the planet Krypton and soared to Earth by his researcher...

Research question: What were the social and cultural values held by the audience for whom the film you are researching was made? This is an essential factor to consider when studying historical events and the impact such events have on the generations that are within the time frames they happened as well as on subsequent...

America during the 1850s moving towards the end of the Gilded Age was going through a phase where developments, jobs, and industrialization of cities played a key role toward modernizing America. The development of the transcontinental railroads generated job opportunities for immigrants seeking to achieve the American dream. Along with a new wave of immigrants...

The American dream has been passed on to us for many decades through various movies, newspapers and magazines such as the land of opportunities. Immigrants coming from all over the world with the expectation that here, they will achieve, even with much effort, a better life. Often leaving behind their material possessions, their careers and...

The American dream is something normal to all individuals, yet it is something that everybody sees in various manners. The American dream is distinctive for everybody, except they share a portion of similar parts of it. The fantasy is reliant for the most part on the setting of where one lives and one’s societal position....

“In a decade that roared with social amends,” it was often referred as the American Dream. The two famous literature texts are very comparable connecting key events to American Dream and issues from the current situation of George Floyd. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and Theodore Melfi “Hidden Figures” both utilize conflict and represent...

In “Of Mice And Men”, John Ernst Steinbeck by using narrative to draw the two poor guys (George and Lennie) working by a farm, how they achieve the American dream. It’s not as easy for George and Lennie to achieve their American dream because of the cruel reality. That fiction is very dramatic, the author...

American Dream The American Dream is been told to give huge opportunity, freedom, and happiness. It has been a huge chance for the people who have trouble in their own countries and looking for a big future. The dream stands for the ability to find what you hope as job and become rich. As much...