John Updike

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15611
I think everyone should read life is fine. I believe so because it just doesn't represent life back in Mr. Hughes but, it represents our life today. Life is hard at times. we struggle through sometimes, but if you look at the bigger picture life is fine.

Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

To start off, the American dream can be defined by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream It is also a family that consists of a loving stay at home mother, the bread winning father who goes to work, two children, a dog, a car and a nice big house.

            The American dream what I believe is just an objective that we want to have. My dream is to have a great family huge house, great kids, and animals, but what are the chances of everything to happen the way it’s supposed to. I believe the American Dream has changed from what it once was. I believe it was a dream of opportunity where anybody could be anybody as long as you put forth the effort. I ultimately agree with Adams definition. Where everyone’s life should be fuller better richer for everyone. I believe its possible for everyone, it’s a hard path, but some choose the easy way out or don’t make it. The following is going to include a brief summary of the “True West” story and how successful the brothers were, an example of the American Dream in “Friday Night Lights,” and “The Pursuit of Happiness.”

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            In the story “True West,” by San Shepherd, you have two brothers. One is named Austin who is taking care of his mother’s house while she is away. He is trying to write a screenplay before its dead line. The others brother is named Lee. He is does what ever he can do to get money. He lies, steels, gambles, and even tries to steel his brother’s screenwriter opportunity. At the end of the story both brothers fail to get what they really wanted. Here is a link to show their frustration as they are failing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0rvguEQRvA Both brothers did not try to hard to achieve their dream. They both gave up very easily.  Sam Shepherd in this story shows us people failing to achieve their dream. It shows us that it isn’t always possible.

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            Another story where people are trying to make their life’s fuller, better and richer is “Friday Night Lights. This is a story of high school players who try as hard as possible to win a state championship. This championship could be the highest part of their lives since they are coming from such a small town. They work as hard as possible and end up losing to Dallas Carter in the state championship. Here is how disappointed they are when they failed to achieve their dreams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpfkLbWeXaQ&feature=fvwrel. Imagine how bad it feels to work so hard and fail by just such a short margin. This movie shows us again how hard it is to achieve your dreams. But sometimes you have to be part of failure to be a part of success.

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            The last story of someone in pursuit of the American dream is the movie, “The Pursuit of Happiness.” This is a story of someone trying to make it in life. He fails plenty of times. He fails with his job, his marriage and as a father, but he keeps fighting.  Here is a scene when it seems to all be lost but could be getting better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoQoRh_BsOE&feature=related. He becomes homeless with a son and tries everything to make money. Once he gets his shot he runs with it. He becomes very successful stockbroker. This is the scene is where is finally achieves his goal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bklNWWoJyzE Imagine how good it feels to acheive your dream after all the hard work you have out into it. This movie shows us how hard it is to achieve the American dream. He could have quit so many times, but he kept trucking and made it.

            The American Dream is not what it used to be, or what it seems to be. It is very hard to achieve. Many people fail trying to achieve their dream. Two out of three examples, they failed to achieve it.  I’m not saying it is impossible to achieve, but it is very hard. It doesn’t just come and happen. You have to work very hard to make it happen. If you do work hard and keep trying great things will happen for you at one time or another.

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15611
I think everyone should read life is fine. I believe so because it just doesn't represent life back in Mr. Hughes but, it represents our life today. Life is hard at times. we struggle through sometimes, but if you look at the bigger picture life is fine.