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Forces of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman – Critical Essay

June 19, 2020 ekaums10AP 2020

Prompt: What do these texts suggest to you about the forces that inhibit or encourage an individual’s actions?    The American Dream is a driving factor in creating success out of the efforts of one’s life.[…]

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Light in the Darkness: The Other Side of the American Dream

January 10, 2018January 14, 2018 carmenmlCarmen

    The American Dream – a deliciously tantalizing fancy for many people and the subsequent subject of numerous books written by individuals who wish to shed some light on the reality of such a[…]

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Death, Dreams, and Daisies: Another Polished Critical

January 8, 2018January 9, 2020 yasmeendYasmeen

Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves and others. Death, Dreams, and Daisies When thinking of the American Dream, often[…]

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Wealth, Prosperity, Love, and Responsibility… and Several Other Terrible Things from The Great Gatsby: Polished Critical

January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 liamcgLiam

Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others.     The Great Gatsby; F Scott Fitzgerald     One[…]

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Success.

January 5, 2018 muhammad4Muhammad

I think this method of interpreting the American Dream follows through with Areeb’s idea of the dream being about being better than the next person. All life is a hierarchy. There is no equilibrium in[…]

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Advice that would have been useful ten years ago

December 30, 2017 AreebAreeb

I tried something totally out of the box for this critical essay and focused on one single event over the course of two paragraphs, contrasting the advice someone was given for success versus the failure[…]

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Of Ranchers and Salesmen

December 29, 2017 jieoalekstecsonJieo

PROMPT: Discuss the ideas developed by the text in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others.   Despite having grown accustomed to having their dreams and personal[…]

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The American Nightmare

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 nilavaAP Class

Note: I’d like to preface the essay just to show some gratitude for Megan, Siddharth, and Claire for teaching us and for inspiring much of what I have written about in the essay.On the Friday before[…]

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A Contemplation on the American Dream

December 29, 2017 kelleyklKelley

The American Dream. What exactly is this dream anyway? I search up the definition online, hoping for an accurate, precise meaning, and yet, all I see is a bunch of different definitions pop up. Sure,[…]

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The Death of Low Man – Polished Critical

December 28, 2017December 31, 2017 faithybFaith

Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others. Being a parent can be strenuous and demanding; otherwise rewarding when[…]

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