The Holbrook family never had the chance or opportunity to have a better life. Olsen depicts how families could never get the American dream unless they were wealthy. Many obstacles and conflicts interfere with Holbrook’s abilities to reach their goal. It was destined for the family to fail and never achieve the “American dream.”All the materialist components of the ideal dream blind the people from seeing the ugly truth. Olsen’s dirge was that everyone may have the capability to reach “the dream,” but it is impossible for all to achieve it.
*I would like to thank/reference:
· Literature:
o Olsen, Tillie. Yonnondio: From the Thirties. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
- Whitman, Walt. “Yonnondio.” DayPoems. Timothy K. Bovee, 2005. Web. 9 Oct 2010. https://my.usf.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tabGroup=courses&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fcontent%2FcontentWrapper.jsp%3Fcontent_id%3D_4990917_1%26displayName%3DLinked%2BFile%26course_id%3D_259302_1%26navItem%3Dcontent%26attachment%3Dtrue%26href%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.daypoems.net%252Fpoems%252F2197.html
- Music:
- Artists
- The Beatles
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Elton John
- Hair
- Lou Reed
- Martha Wainright
- Melanie Safka
- Neil Sedaka
- Nine
- Rufus Wainright
- LyricsMania.com
- Youtube.com
- Communications
- Dr. John Lennon
- 20th Century Literature Class
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