The American Dream was one of the topics discuss in class that I learned more about due to the fact that my view of this topic was slightly one-sided. When the vision of the American Dream was brought up I only thought in the present time about how people want to be millionaires and successful in life. My mind also wondered towards my own American Dreams and the major things that I am working towards in life to accomplish. For example, I am one of those people that want to become a millionaire after pursuing my career of pharmacy. However, the past never entered my mind that they too wanted a better life for themselves. I think it was interesting in class how we discuss the poem “Those Winter Sundays” and analyzed it bringing out more than just the father of the poem working on winter Sundays. After reading this poem like six times and discussing it in class, I know now that the father was working so hard not only for himself but for the son’s American Dream to be fulfilled. I believe that this poem represents more than the family being discussed in it. This reading help me shape my understanding that this American Dream is more than now. In fact many people believe highly in this concept. I think that there are multiple parents that fight daily for their children’s American Dream.
In relation to that the American Dream in the eyes of Willy Lowman was all about financial stability. In class we discuss the overview on how Lowman was not successful with this American Dream and his emotions in result of this. However, although he was in denial and repression about it, he still worked towards this dream to provide a better life for his family. In my opinion giving up on a dream that is supposed to support your family is hard to accept being the man of the house. In the past it was non-debatable that the man of the household was suppose to bring home the money to take care of the entire family while the women just clean and take care of the children. This belief kind of supports the understanding of Lowman response to failure.
