. I had the beginnings of all sorts of industries under way -- nuclei of future vast factories, the iron and steel missionaries of my future civilization" (Twain 61)
The basic tenant, however, is the notion that hard work yields favorable results, if you play by the rules. Further, the dream can be pursued by anyone despite his or her background, culture, race or personal history (Charon & Vigilant, 2009, p
One day he is told to caddy for her and cannot bring himself to do it. Instead, he says, "I think I'll quit" (Fitzgerald)
Her life is far different from her mother's, and she is firmly entrenched in the American Dream, calmly ignoring her culture and heritage until her mother dies. Kingston writes thoughtfully, "Chinese-Americans, when you try to understand what things in you are Chinese, how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty, insanities, one family, your mother who marked your growing with stories, with what is Chinese? What is Chinese tradition and what is the movies?" (Kingston 6)
Chopin's character Edna, has had the social upbringing of any proper female of her day. Chopin describes her as "an American woman, with a small infusion of French which seemed to have been lost in dilution" (Chopin 9)
The group most pessimistic about the thought that anyone in the country can work hard to get ahead is Americans between 45 and 64 who are thinking about retirement." (Rafferty) While things look grim for Americans, things may get worse or better in the upcoming presidential elections
After another hug goodbye, she tells me that next time I visit there will be sweet potato pie." (Ridgway) Most of the subjects are black and have noted that they have hope for a better tomorrow
Franklin's life is one that shows how a young man can arrive in a big city without any money in his pocket and how with the application of his knowledge of a trade can set about amassing his fortune. That is what Franklin did, when he arrived in Philadelphia at the age of 17 after passing through "a squall that tore our rotten sails to pieces" (Franklin 17)
Through working hard, people will be able to make it possible to attain different levels of their fulfillments. Nonetheless, today many things have changed with the changes in time (Hemingway, 2013)
The loss of the culture does not go well with the condition of postmodernism. In the early phase of postmodernism, the reaction focused on the deconstruction of the modernist philosophy together with its myths (Wicks, 2003)