Teddy's+Final+Reflection

Change: America is reluctant to change. The quote that illustrates that is Alexis de Tocqueville, saying America can only see what they'll lose from a revolution, not what they'll gain. The picture shows Chicago's reluctance to change where we're living. Chicago is racially segregated, and has been for the past 40 years. In order for America to succeed, we have to stop this racial inequality, and we HAVE TO CHANGE. Even though we're so reluctant against it, it needs to be done. Later on the picture shows the five steps of change, which we should teach to others to help us change. Everyone needs to help out each other in order for us to change for the better. The song at the end really exemplifies the wall and sets a good tone.

Greed: No matter how much we try to get rid of Greed, it will always be there. For Americans though, our greed is especially bad. We feel the need to have everything, similar to Gatsby, and spend all of our hard-earned money on materials. Greed ruins America. In the __Grapes of Wrath__, the bank was the monster. But the overlapping theme is that Greed is the real monster. Greed changes us a person, it makes us think that money buys happiness. It makes politicians corrupt, and overall changes us as people. Greed, will Americans ever be able to rid this from our system?

Dreaming: As a country, we're dreamers. Think about what are foreign policy goals are. We want to end terrorism, and spread democracy. We dream about these two things, and many more. We dream about what we hope happens in the future, and forget the bad things that happen in the past. Dreaming is what makes us unique. Once we come up with a clear dream, a clear idea, then as Americans we are obliged to chase after it. Go wherever that dream may take us. In Gatsby's case, he followed that dream for too long. The pieces on the wall in that room are to reflect upon how important dreaming is. "All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together" -Jack Kerouac. Dreaming is what brings us together, and when we stop dreaming, we lose our hope. We have to keep on believing in these dreams, or else they'll never come true. Dreaming is what makes Americans unique, and is what makes America a special country because we have the ability to follow our dreams.

Oppression: Oppressed from childhood, America has always been dealt with a rough hand (War against England aka...). We've gotten through the tough times though to become the great country that we are today. The wall is suppose to show the oppression that Americans face, mostly females, in America and throughout the rest of the world. Oppression still happens today in America, but it shouldn't. We're better than that as a nation yet we make very minimal efforts in our attempts to end this oppression. America, if we want to be the overseers of the world, has to be an almost perfect nation. We must have no oppression going on in America, so other countries facing this problem can look up to us for help. If we want to improve as a nation, then we have to be more respectful. The quote at the beginning is Blanche telling her sister how disrespectful Stanley is. I still believe that as a nation we're disrespectful to women and different races other then whites. In order for us to become better as a nation, we must break this oppression.

I hope you all enjoyed these walls.

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