Abstract
The paper examines the dreams of every character in Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun" and shows they all have their own individual hopes and dreams. The paper illustrates how dreams give the characters reason to live and reason to hope. The paper notes that not all the characters' dreams come true by the end of the play, but the fact than any do is a reason for hope for the future.

From the Paper
""A Raisin in the Sun" tells the story of the Younger family, including Walter, Mama, Ruth, Beneatha, and Travis. This black family all live a hard life due to poverty and lack of opportunities for blacks at the time (the 1950s in Chicago). Mama receives $10,000 in insurance money for her husband's death, and with that money, she hopes to buy a real home in the suburbs, so her family can leave the tenement apartment they have lived in for years. However, the other characters all have their own dreams, and they do not always coincide with Mama's plans. Walter wants to invest the money in a liquor store, Beneatha wants it for tuition for medical school, and Ruth dreams that she and Walter can grow to love each other again like they once did."

Tags:hope, future, opportunities, adversity

Abstract
This paper presents a detailed discussion on several works of literature and the use of the theme of dreams in them. The six works compared, contrasted and analyzed in this paper are: John Keats, " Ode to a Nightingale; "Langston Hughes, "A Dream Deferred;" Samuel Taylor Coleridge's, "Kubla Khan;" Thomas Findley's " Pilgrims; " Bierce Ambrose's " An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge;" and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's " Kubla Khan or, a Vision In a Dream: A Fragment." The writer discusses how each author uses the theme of dreams in their particular piece and then draws comparisons between the other author's works. The paper examines the proper use of dreams in any literary work. Using passages from each of these works, the paper shows how dream themes are used most successfully when dealing with death as a tool to explain the situation leading up to and immediately following the occurrence. The use of dreams often fills in many unanswered questions that may be plaguing the reader as they read a story or poem.

From the Paper
"Throughout literary history there have been themes used to underscore a point to the reader. Often times the same theme can mean different things to different authors, and it is played out in different scenarios in their works. The theme of dreams has been a popular theme for literature in the past, especially in short stories and poems. There are six separate works by six different authors, which have used the dream theme to carry out various tasks. Sometimes it is used to allow after death thoughts, other times it is about goals and future desires, but any time a dream theme is used in these six works the author drives home the point of heart filled emotion leading the story."

Tags:history, literary, bierce, ambrose, hughes, langston, coleridge, samuel, taylor, findley, thomas, death, entries, version, journal, lives, previous, thoughts, hope, destruction, answers, events, racism, John, Keats, Ode, Nightingale, Deferred, Kubla, Khan, Pilgrims, Occurrence, Owl, Cr

Abstract
The paper describes how a Public Broadcasting System (PBS) production documented the state of America's community colleges. The paper explains that these colleges are open to anyone who desires an education, yet is unable to enter a four-year college due to finances or poor high school grades. The paper reveals that many claim that the educations offered at these colleges is worthless and over 50% of the students who enroll fail to graduate. The writer relates that he found the production very enlightening and two characters in particular were intriguing to him.

From the Paper
"This Public Broadcasting System (PBS) production documented the state of America's community colleges. These colleges are open to anyone who desires an education, yet is unable to enter a four-year college due to finances or poor high school grades. Many claim that the educations offered at these colleges is worthless and over 50% of the students who enroll fail to graduate. I found the production very enlightening and two characters in particular were intriguing to me."

Tags:discounted, dreams, college

Abstract
This paper describes the disadvantaged position of young African Americans who are discriminated against and live in a reality of restricted options, making growing up and moving beyond their youthful condition an incredible feat. The writer describes the documentary "Hoop Dreams" that provides young African American males with some hope and opportunities through the game of basketball.

From the Paper
"In the documentary "Hoop Dreams", our society gives a promising hope of social mobility, while maintaining a very difficult barrier to overcome. It is highly encouraged, and rarely done. Basketball was seemingly the way to rise above that barrier by providing the chance to become something greater. For most, the hope was out of reach, while others held onto their dreams."

Tags:movie, race, society, stereotype, poverty, hope, dream, challenge

Abstract
This paper discusses how McCarthy, in his novel "The Road," uses the juxtaposing atmosphere of dreams and nightmares to propel the story along in an ethereal rendering, and how he uses them as symbols and metaphors. The writer describes some of the nightmares and dreams and discusses their significance and the light they shed on reality, on what is or will be. As the novel progresses there are fewer nightmares and more dreams and it ends on a dreamlike interruption of the narrative which seems to offer hope and the sense of a purposeful future.

From the Paper
"The Road is the story of a father and son, both unnamed, struggling to survive in a world where the sun is blotted out by an ash-choked atmosphere, all fauna and flora have perished, and pacts of cannibals roam the land. They survive by the canned and jarred foods they find in abandoned houses and by filtering the soot and ash out of groundwater while all around them the temperature slowly declines, the weather grows precarious, and other survivors bring terror and melancholy to their hearts."

Tags:reality, premonition, symbolic, hope, vigil, foreboding

Abstract
This essay focuses on the characters of Nora and Juan in John Steinbeck's novel, "The Wayward Bus", to illustrate how the novel signifies the human capacity to dream and attempt to realize those dreams until reality sets in and we learn that the dream cannot be realized.

From the Paper
"Norma sees her work in the diner as her connection with the glorified Hollywood. This also represents the unrealistic nature of youthful dreaming. The reality of Hollywood is of course far removed from such elevated dreams. This is further shown in the fact that Norma cannot take her dream any further than the flies. She is completely naive of the sexual aspect of life, and feels that Gable would disapprove of it as she does. This idealistic dream is later replaced onto Camilla, the beautiful blonde. With Camilla's appearance, Norma attaches herself to the older girl as if she is an older sister. Camilla initially willingly plays the role and helps Norma with her hair and her makeup. She also coaches the younger girl in how to deal with men. While eating out of Camilla's hand like a willing servant, Norma further demonstrates her naive dreaming nature when Camilla tells obvious lies. She for example tells the group that she is a dental assistant, which everybody but Norma knows is not true. But Camilla is more real than Clark Gable and in her Norma sees the chance to realize her dreams."

Tags:citizen, personalities, deceives, alice, chicoy, roadside, diner, camille, freedom, trap

Abstract
The paper describes Obama's background with all its hardships and how it reflects the reality of American life and offers hope to so many others who do not experience the privileged life past presidents have enjoyed. The paper outlines Obama's ideas in "Dreams of My Father" and "Audacity of Hope" and looks at the parallel expressions found in King's letters from a Birmingham jail. The paper asserts that Obama brings hope and dreams to the American people by giving them a voice and by representing all the diversity of Americans in that voice. The paper emphasizes how it is not a voice beholden to corporate interest groups or manipulative old guard politicians from old money rich families, but it is the voice of all American society, and the diversity that her people represent.

Outline:
Introduction
Obama's Life
The Evolution of Obama Between "Dreams" and "Audacity"
Parallel Expressions in King's Letters from a Birmingham Jail
Barack Obama's Projection of Hope and Dreams
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Telling a story with different cultural backgrounds. Being able to adapt through understanding that each individual is coming from a different culture and background. Sharing different points of view in life and respecting each other. This can be found in Barack Obama's life, and this is what he represents. President elect Obama is, in a word, diverse. Not only is he of mixed racial heritage, he lived in different places when he was young. In this day and age, in our multicultural society with a globalizing economic market, a diverse leader who represents diverse voices is what this country needs, and this is why he was elected. However, diversity of experience alone is not enough to make someone appropriate to lead the United States. Obama is also eloquent, passionate, sensitive and intelligent, and most of all he is honest."

Tags:diversity, race, instability, father, identity, African, Americans, King

Abstract
The paper examines the central theme of hope in A. Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo". Hope is vital to Edmond Dante's survival and is also the foundation for the novel that transforms the plot from one of vengeance and justice to a novel that focuses instead on survival. Hope is central to the characters survival and infuses the main character Dante with the strength and courage he needs to overcome his enemy's transgressions and in the end, win back all that is rightfully his. Other themes mentioned include love and human justice, though, according to the paper, ultimately it is hope that drives the plot and encourages the reader to side with Dante and carries him through to his ultimate success in the end. The paper concludes that without the theme of hope, "The Count of Monte Cristo" would fall apart and become a tragic novel of only vengeance, rather than a work of art that inspires readers to stay firm in their convictions and realize their dreams are attainable.

From the Paper
"For multiple twisted reasons Dante while mostly innocent is sent to prison for treason. The reasons he is sent to suffer include jealousy and other man's fears that Dante will reveal the worst about their actions. It is in prison that Dante first discovers hope while staying in the Chateau d'If. Here Dante encounters a man by the name of Abbe Faria who teaches Dante much of the world including subjects like history, philosophy and languages (Goldstein, 2005). This helps Dante transform into an educated man, capable of competing against his enemies. In prison Faria also bestows on Dante treasures that he has hid on the island of Monte Cristo. Here Dante discovers hope and discovers that with his newfound knowledge and education he can once more conquer and regain all that is rightfully his."

Tags:vengeance, justice, survival, faria, faith, hope, hero, innocent, plot

Abstract
This paper analyzes the book ""The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez" by Jimmy Breslin, and discusses the main character, Eduardo, and his trials and tribulations and ultimate demise, as an illegal immigrant in America. The paper portrays, through the discussion of the book, the hopes and prayers of the average immigrant whose aim is to make money to support his family back home. The writer describes the harsh reality of employers who take advantage of these naive newcomers.

From the Paper
"The book 'The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez is the story of an illegal Mexican immigrant who crosses over to the American side of the Mexican-American frontier, one of the divisions of which is the large desert of Arizona. This illegal immigrant, the protagonist of the book, Eduardo Gutierrez, comes to Brooklyn neighborhood of New York in search of good prospects for himself and his poor family back in Mexico and finds work at a construction site, under an unscrupulous builder. The book details the life of this illegal immigrant right from his birth in a small town in Mexico; up to the moment, he finds a job at a construction site."

Tags:mexico, america, illegal, construction, brooklyn, worker, poverty

Abstract
This paper reviews Peter Medoff and Holly Sklar's book 'Streets of Hope - The Fall and Rise of an Urban Community' discussing a community that transforms itself from the inside out. According to the authors, it is a "story of community rebirth" shaped "by the dreams of ordinary people of different races and generations".

Contents
Introduction
Book Review
Reflections On Reading
Conclusions

From the Paper
"The authors present many ideas in their work. The primary suggestion or point the authors attempt to bring is that the "power of hope and pride" go a long way toward organizing and rebuilding developments when applied properly (Medoff & Sklar 3). Though the population within the Dudley community was generally poor and young and suffering from unemployment, the neighborhood still demonstrates some of the most diversity and industriousness of any other Boston town (Medoff & Sklar 3).
The authors also show that stereotypical images of inner city neighborhoods that commonly depict areas "full of hoodlums and not neighborly" do not apply in all cases including that of the Dudley district (Medoff & Sklar 4). In fact, despite the poverty and underemployment represented in this community, people retained values and a sense of collaboration and camaraderie."

Tags:initiatives, community, pride, Dudley, Street, Neighborhood, Initiative, (DSNI)