I recently completed reading the essay “California: A Place, A People, A Dream” written by James J. Rawls. In this writing piece, Rawls gives his interpretation of the “California dream”, as well as identifies the paradoxes that are often associated with that same dream. Rawls begins his piece by noting all the positive connotations that are generally linked with the idea of the California life. He gives examples of how California is said to bring opportunity and success to its residents as well be “the land of perpetual sun”. The essayist imagines his readers envisioning pictures of gorgeous tanned women, sunny days and cool nights and of course Malibu Barbie when thinking about the California dream. Rawls also notes the promises that the California dream is said to make as well
As I began reading Rawls essay, I find my self slowly being drawn in by its context. It’s interesting to read about how the world views your environment and how different they expect your life to be. The more I read the descriptions of what California is thought to be, the more I sense that the public seems to be attempting to turn California into their own little utopia, their own perfect world. Rawls notes in his essay how everyone expects California to be this place where everyone is fifthly rich, we all live next door to celebrities and spend our days relaxing on the white sand beaches with the gorgeous men and women that all seem to reside here. However when the public, whom have spent their days dreaming about their new found paradise, actually come to California, they are confronted with a world complet
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