Secret+Reflection

The secret dreamer is the most common American Character. Veiled by fake confidence and stability, the secret dreamer is consumed by their own vulnerability. Too afraid to admit what they may want, they focus on their needs and responsibilities. While this may seem like a solid "good citizen" mentality, the lack of truth and their hidden passion disallows them from achieving and instead sticks them in a constant cycle of focusing on the wrong. The secret dreamer invests itself in easy actions blurring themselves from their true wants as individuals. Only when their "goals" are seriously threatened, do their true emotional figures come alive. When Blanche's heart is hurt by Mitch, not only do her hopes deteriorate for love, but her mask of being the curious dreamer tears away. Ryan Tedder, lead singer of the band One Republic, reveals the pain of the secret dreamer through his lyrics as he sings, "tell me what you want to hear... sick of all the insincere." And Robert Frost lays a secret in his poem as it is not always about what is to come and how to get there, but instead looking at the journey and truth around you.

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