In the other hand if you have a high paying job in the corporate world; meaning a white collar job, and although you might or might not own a house but you earn more than enough for your living expenses then that is consider to be the business success dream. ... Willy Loman had accomplished the historical American Dream but because of his ambition he did not realize it. ... He devoted his life into a career as a salesman knowing that he was good with his hands, but he possessed too much snobbery to admit that his own destiny was in a simple career as a carpenter ("Death of a Salesman&qu...

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Rodriguez sees in the fourteen-year-old-girl, the only person who is paying attention to what he says, the only person who grasps on his every word, who's eyes shine with enthusiasm and ambition, the boy who once did the same things to his teachers. He remembers his own background from the very beginning. Having grown up with parents who remained with the traditions of their Hispanic culture, Richard's ambition to learn and to be like his teachers separated him from his roots. ... He also gives his own definition of a book. ... He is "a collector of thoughts" with none of his own. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He sells typewriters to make a living while he halfheartedly pursues his ambition to be a writer. ... Her action conveys a complete dismissal of the wishes of the child's mother and emphasizes her own satisfaction; in essence, promoting the inferiority of the wishes of Carver's mother. ... Once, however, Julian realizes that his mother has suffered more than just a blow to her body and ego he realizes the mistake that he has made with his own condescending attitude towards her and the folly in his own way of thinking. ...

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"A mother who shifts her own longings, ambitions and frustrations cannot tune in empathically to her family's joy and failures." ... Working husbands and wives can invest heavily in their own jobs, putting in long hours, while their spouses have, at most, full-time or even reduced-hour work involvements. ...

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An appraisal of Peter Skrzynecki's poetry and other relevant texts illustrates that Changing Perspective is a dynamic and evolutionary process, culminating in the transformation or modification of one's own outlook. ... With the transformation of growing admiration for his father, the persona also recognizes his own unhappiness and lack of direction in life, forcing him to readdress his own ambitions and define his priorities. ... What she has to say about the paradoxes of French society - rigidly conventional attitudes mixed with deep suspicion of authority; the insecurity often l...

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He hopes to use the check that the family receives to open his own business. ... He also wants his mom to have the baby, and some peace of mind, and, his dad to have his own business. ... He supports Beneatha's ambition to become a doctor. ... Walter wants to become a business man and open his own business. ... Walter Lee Younger wants to become a business man, and open his own business. ...

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This does prove my hypothesis- and so ultimately, makes Karoly's and Gonzalez's research developing in my own research on barriers to achievement in immigrants. ... Second, a child precare centre is an institution with its own set of rules, norms, and practices. ... "ECE programs that engage parents in their children's development are able to leverage those ambitions to teach parents how to participate in their children's learning". ... Though informative and accurate research, only a fraction of this report will be useful in my own research. ...

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At that time, the only thing I knew was that I needed to follow my doctor's advice for the sake of my baby and my own. ... Growing up these were things my mother and grandmother taught me; to respect others and their points of view even if these are different than my own beliefs. ... You are going to be a respectful gentleman, with ambitions and desired to be successful, and you will be! ...

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In their own way, both Biff and Happy are experiencing their own form of breakdown. ... Happy's ambitions have manifested differently to Willy's, he has a distorted view of competition and sleeps with his bosses wives as a way of "getting ahead", but y the end of the play it seems it will destroy him just as it did his father. ...

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This shows us that Goneril is a character who proves to be as strong as any before her with aggression and selfish ambition. ... When Regan later drinks the poison placed by her elder sister, Goneril's final scheme proves successful, ending Regan's life with jealous murder before taking her own. ... Her initial introduction comes as she comments on her sister's lies; she knows there is no way to make her own affection appear more prominent and truthful than her siblings, although it is so. ...

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From reading the poem, it's clear that the narrator left his family to pursue an identity of his own, and the first line of the poem suggests that he isn't happy about having to return home out of obligation as the oldest child. ... Now, it seems that she has the ambition to do those things again and cannot, because of health reasons or the fear of breaking social norms. ... Likewise, one would assume that the man's son would be expected to become a farmer in his own adulthood. ... The father in this piece appears to want a different path for his son, one in which he has the abi...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate