https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6 Post your well-developed response to one of our essential questions. Then respond thoughtfully to someone else's post. Tip: Compose your post in google docs first; then post it here. en-us 2017-12-11 04:23:02 UTC 2026-01-10 13:35:54 UTC hello@padlet.com TheEmiliSmith https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/214892930 Under the Red, White, and Blue Essential Questions

• What is the American Dream?
• What is unique about the American spirit?
• What is our cultural and historical legacy as Americans?
• How do our fundamental beliefs impact our relationships?
• What leads Americans to question authority?
• What prompts nonconformity?
• Why should we view texts critically?
• What is the author’s message in The Great Gatsby? What was Fitzgerald saying about the 1920s? Was it truthful/reliable? 
• How does literature reflect a culture or time period? 
• Can fiction reveal truth? Should a story teach you something? 
• How can it be possible to not know oneself? 
• How is one’s life affected either by the process of self-discovery or by the failure to try to understand oneself? 
• Why do some people have difficulty distinguishing between what is reality and what is illusion?

Original Essential Questions

• How does reading/literature liberate us?
• Is the literary canon censored?
• Is censorship un American?
• What does multiculturalism mean?
• What is the status quo?

]]> 2017-12-11 04:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/214892930 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169074 The American Dream is a statement or imagination that no matter your background or where you have came from you can be successful and live a good life in America. Most people say this phrase when new people are coming to the United States and trying to find a new life. I feel thought that the American dream is only entitled to new people coming to the US  Brian Davis]]> 2017-12-11 18:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169074 mgarrett5043 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169404 I think that the American dream is to be successful and wealthy. It is to have a perfect family and a perfect house. However, this dream is not just an American dream it is a universal dream.]]> 2017-12-11 18:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169404 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169576 Can fiction reveal truth? Should a story teach you something?
I think fiction can reveal truth. Because you can tell the truth but change things like names and places or add in exciting things to draw more attention. It pulls in more intrest while telling you how things were/are. Yes a story should teach you something. Almost all books have morals or a certain idea that they want you to discover while reading.]]> 2017-12-11 18:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169576 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169700 I think the American Dream is to be successful ]]> 2017-12-11 18:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215169700 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215170366 The American spirit is unique due to our influence of around the world. Our influence when it comes to the world gives the people living in the United States a feeling of superiority and power, giving the rise in feeling that our country is the most powerful and the best on the Earth.]]> 2017-12-11 18:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215170366 mjackson1800 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215170599 Well the American dream is equal rights to be successful freedom and the land of great opportunity. We all say the American dream is good and works but it really is a huge process to go through. Having a degree and being able to get a better job. ]]> 2017-12-11 18:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215170599 espears1991 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215170668 Every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity as everyone else. ]]> 2017-12-11 18:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215170668 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171241 Everybody worldwide has equal opportunity to be successful ]]> 2017-12-11 18:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171241 jwalker9545 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171319 Some people believe reality can be fake but having illusions make reality seem more fake than it actually really is. Reality is something every day people face but people think reality and illusion are the same thing, they are not the same thing. Reality show what’s is really happening and illusion is when someone want something to happen that is out there. Reality is real, illusion is not real, like fiction and nonfiction books. ]]> 2017-12-11 18:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171319 hbohlken5518 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171448 The American Dream is the equal opportunity to become successful in the United States. Some believe when you finally become wealthy, that is when you have reached the meaning of the American Dream]]> 2017-12-11 18:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171448 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171510 The American Dream is never having to worry. Never having to look over your shoulder. Everyone being as equal as their neighbor with the same opportunities. The American Dream is to have everything you need and a little extra to enjoy life]]> 2017-12-11 18:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215171510 dmorris6749 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215172219 The american dream is to try your best and fulfill your dreams. People say the american dream is to get rich. Some say its just to life the life you want. The dream is to enjoy your life the way you want and decide what type of life you want on life. All in all the american dream is isn what you want it to be.]]> 2017-12-11 18:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215172219 bgiesing2856 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215172519 There are many ways to not know ones self, it may be not knowing what you want to when you grow old, or not knowing what to do now. Individuals are faced with not knowing themselves on multiple occasions.]]> 2017-12-11 18:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215172519 xwhalen0802 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215509111 Generally we question authority when we have the ability to see if the authority is wrong or not. That “ability to see” is our access to information and media. It is why we can’t let censorship get out of control, and it is why our freedom of speech and of the press is so important. Questioning authority started to become more popular during the Vietnam War when while the government said that we were winner; the truth was that we weren’t and the war that was broadcasted on TV was a war we weren’t winning. Needless to say, the people weren’t happy with our government.]]> 2017-12-12 16:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215509111 sruiz2241 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215532124 The American Dream is having the opportunity to achieve the dreams you have. It is to freely believe what you want, say you want, and be what you want. It is also the right to a free education. Having equal rights as everyone else. ]]> 2017-12-12 17:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215532124 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215532325 You don't know what your dreams and aspirations are; or perhaps you do, but you have no idea of how to reach them. You feel like you can not explain your feelings because you are not sure what they are exactly. When someone asks you what you want to do with your life, you don't know how to respond because there's infinite possibilities for your future. You have no idea what they can come to. They could shape you into any type of person and lead you to different aspects of living and you won't know until you live it. ]]> 2017-12-12 17:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215532325 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215533170 Our history as Americans is a misguided one starting at our departure from the Europe. Seen and still rightfully so as slobs we started on a path of all left turns, the baning alcohol,Christmas,hemp, then to have all of them reinstated, start a civi l war, slavery “ending”, all the way up to the modern Age. What a great legacy we’re setting as Americans. A legacy paved in stupidity.]]> 2017-12-12 17:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215533170 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215533430 2017-12-12 17:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215533430 https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215534937 The American dream is more of a universal dream. It is more of a dream that people around the world wish they could live. It is represented as being rich and being able to live free with no worries or stress. ]]> 2017-12-12 17:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/TheEmiliSmith/7p3mwclwh3a6/wish/215534937