Ten

     These norms blind the family from the truly seeing the potential each family member has to offer. The Holbrook family begins to indentify and separate which members are better than the others. The males in the family are seen as important and prime candidates because they will be the ones able to give the family the “American dream.” Olsen shows how the “dream” can break a family. Once the family separates, their problems and issues continue to make it hard for them rise beyond their class status. Jim rapes Anna because he believes she needs to perform her “wifely duties.” This happens because of the separation between men and women in the family.

     Although, Bess’s new abilities interrupt the process of the family overcoming their circumstances, it does bring the family together. When they come together, better days are going to happen to them. After the family gathers around Bess, Anna says “the air’s changing” and things will “get tolerable” for the family. Olsen shows the importance of families working together as one.

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     The Black Eyed Peas’ song, “Where is Love,” shows how the government, issues, society, and the world cause people do forget about  harmony and love. The “American dream” does the samething to families-they forgot about each other. The “dream” is suppose to help give families hope and happiness, but it causes more problems amongst families. The song lyric “most of us only care about money makin” truly demonstrates how people of the twenties era cared more for money than their families. At the end of the song, “where is the love” is continuously played over and it signifies how it is important for us to come together.