English, 06.10.2019 04:01 haleylayne74

The notion of the american dream figures prominently in this story. how should readers define "american dream"? moreover, is pursuing the american dream necessarily a good thing, as evidenced by the great gatsby?

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James T. Adams defined the American Dream in his book Epic of America as “a dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." Assuming that this is the universal definition for it, the American Dream is not being fully fulfilled. This is ultimately for one reason, because we are human, which means we are bad. That leads to us to being racist against people with different color skin than ourselves, sexist against someone who isn’t the same sex as them, lustful against those who have something they don’t, and many other things that lead us astray from the American Promise. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby did not achieve the American Dream. Materialistically speaking, sure, he owned a huge house and threw huge party with fireworks (thanks Leo for that image). But was his life richer and fuller? No. He spent the last of his years trying to win his love. While that may be sweet and romantic, that doesn't mean he was satisfied. He was trying to reach for something that would eventually never stay.

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i think the correct answer would be adjustments in life roles. this causes for one to adjust or change totally his/her career or lifestyle since the present is not beneficial to the life role he is at. for instance, you became a mother you would of course stop going to malls and enjoying life outside. you would be staying at home taking care of your child.

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i’m writing a memoir and i’ve been given the great suggestion of placing a ‘sub-narrative’ within some of the chapters – sort of, what was going on with me in the grand scheme of things.

i was wondering how to format this so that it is very obvious we are stepping out the of story.

firstly is a change in font from serif to sans workable? i also use dashes for a scene change. was thinking of using a different scene-changer too.

here’s a (shortened) example:

university – or what’s known as ‘uni’ in australia – were some of the best days of my life. where else do you get to potter around in a great location, have very little responsibility, learn lots of things, do lots of things and walk out four years later with a bonus – a degree!

with my university years i had immersed myself into community of intelligent ambitious people. generally everyone had a confidence about themselves. they knew where they were going in life and weren’t threatened by others.

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too much?