The American Dream

The american dream is the belief of achieving ones goals no matter what adversity you face. The american dream is the ability to make anything of yourself regardless of race or social status. anybody in the United States is able to do whatever they want as long as they work hard enough to get it. There is nothing such as a caste system to prevent people from achieving their goals. To me wealth consists of not only the physical cash you own but all of your assets. this ranges from physical assets to ideologies and emotions. American's generally apply the american dream to themselves and when they see wealth they see a person who has worked hard and earned it and on the flip side see people in poverty as people who dont work hard. I think that the american dream is an allusion however and that although to an extent a person can get fairly far on their own, without connections you wont fully achieve your potential. also just because a person lacks money doesnt mean they are poor because some of the happiest people on earth that are rich in spirit have next to nothing.

Why do I do these? they don't matter anyways.

While observing the four different translations of the text I found some significant differences in each translation. The first one has specific diction usage saying as he awoke, uneasy dreams, and gigantic insect. It gives it a proper feeling to the story and shows his more composed reaction to the situation.  The structure goes from him waking up to the bad dream reference to him being a bug. The second quote gives a more objective point of view using the phrase Gregory Samsa woke. It also uses the same structure of waking up, then referencing the dreams, then referencing the bug. The third starts off by saying when he awoke which puts more emphasis on the bug part but follows the same structure. The last one has a slightly different structure referencing waking and the dreams almost simultaneously and not even pointing out he is in his own bed until after he is awoken.

By each text being translated differently it gives each one an emphasis on a separate part. The first one seems the most objective laying each out piece by piece in an organized manor. The second one, while similar to the first has a style that is much more clear cut and to the point. The third one gives off a much more objective and third person omniscient feeling than the rest. The last one, using many more commas and a more displaced version of the words, gives a much more confused feeling helping you relate to the character. I think second is the most effective because of its concise yet effective approach. This shows how difficult it can be to read a translated book because often the original meaning is hard to interpret and can be lost in translation. Each translation gives the sentence a different feel to the beginning of the book.