Barber+Reflection+on+the+American+Dream

The American Dream is something we all grew up with as some sort of tangible goal. A nice house, kids, a car, a good paying job, stability. But is this what WE want? The differences between our generation and those before is astronomical. It becomes more and more apparent how little autonomy or sense of self our generation has. I chose that Stanley Kowalski quote because he is able to be abrasive toward Blanche's old Southern notion of race, and define his sense and his character. Juxtaposing that quote I put Fitzgerald's perception of the American Dream as a vacuous, unattainable idea that ruins people, along with Hunter S. Thompson, who never really defines the American Dream throughout the book //Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas//, you can understand that through his escapades in Las Vegas that the Dream is something more chaotic, and even frightening, than idyllic as so many seem to believe.