Surviving Success
To become a successful American one has to have a perfect life of money, luxury, family and work during the Civil War; after the civil war suddenly the people who found the best life that the people were the most blessed. Not everyone saw happiness as success, but for the most successful Americans, it became more than money or social standing, as with Edna in The Awakening, the refugees in “Evicted from Poker Flat”, Huck in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and even Rosicky in “Next Rosicky”, although not all they succeeded in their attempt.
The story of American success has been mixed with so many different images that there is no longer a single definitive success story. Before the United States turned in the civil war, the sum of the events in social standing and species. from the British way of life. Money, family, work were all incorporated into your appearance and if you abstracted it away society would find you the most beautiful. This was all you needed to be one of the most important people around, even though you hated everything about your life, down to the stupid shoes he wore. After the horrors of the North, the people of the South struggled to rethink exactly what was important in their lives. Suddenly people who did what they wanted and didn’t what society expected of them were the ones who got away with a happy life and didn’t hate life. Although it took more time for the elitists (some still deny anything but money and how things are viewed) to accept this radical new theory, it began to permeate all American life.
How the new success was defined was by taking an accepted norm and beginning to twist it slightly. Kate Chopin does this on a watch. This book shocked many people because of the main character of a woman who decides to break the social rules in search of happiness. Edna, however, remained on certain terms. She still had to live up to expectations and never ran with her one lover, but she laid down many rules, such as living with her family and social activities plenty of character. Edna never found her true happiness though, realizing her death before she could fully explore her new self. As one of the ‘firsts’ in this new phenomenon, Edna could not completely break out of her social restrictions, however valiantly she tried. Edna was an American Success-story”>Success story because she failed completely and could not leave society to find her own happiness; through she searched for herself, for art, and for the figure of her lovers, but in vain.
The characters from “Evicted Poker Flat” written by Bret Harte appear to be this fact, although they are killed directly by nature and only indirectly by society. That impudent man escaped the rest by perishing by his fate, and the reader never knows whether he becomes happy later in his life, although there is doubt about his canine and treacherous nature; never being happy, always fearing the world around him. Oakhurst and the duchess expected more of life and lived only life in circumstances, even if it was not a good way to live. Innocent and Piney ran away from each other to live happily ever after. Mother Shipton was alone in a closed cabin that has nothing special to look at beyond the mountains, yet she lived her life as she chose before her exile. The company of Oakhurst, the Duchess and Mother Shipton, had cast out for themselves; they are condemned to live in second things. The lovers left the company because they knew their union would not be accepted. This is an example in literature of how society in real life did not accept people who lived their lives on their own terms, or according to some unspoken rules that had to be followed. Although the refugees were all despised and their lives were cut short by the storms that forced them to premature death, they lived a new American success, not letting themselves dictate their every decision.
The The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain show how society still tries to shape individuals and how Huck lives on his success. Huck was trying to reconcile between what he knew was right (social rules) and what he felt was right. He eventually shunned society in favor of his moral faith when he proclaimed that he would go to hell and set Tom free. Huck sincerely thought that he would be punished forever against the norm, yet he decided to do what his companions told him. He lived his life here and beyond. He always did what he wanted, lived as he wanted, and even though he stood at the end of the family. of his coming, there was still something on which to build his life. Finally, he was happy in himself and in his life, which is difficult for most people to achieve. Huck is a true American success story.
Rosicky in Willa Cather was another one who lived a perfectly successful life. He never stopped doing what he loved, even though his doctor told him to shorten his years. It’s like always a trigger. Rosicky loved everything and everyone. Whenever something happened that brought others down, he looked at it as an opportunity to enjoy life a little differently. It did not matter that he was poor and lived in the dust, he was always happy and cheerful. His success comes from his love and happiness with all things and in him.
Life used to be measured by scales and parts; if you had enough, you would be among the best, but if you were poor, nothing would save you. The nation began to realize that there was much more to life than the state after the bloodiest war America had ever witnessed. Now people wanted to get out of their social roles. Bliss is seen as nothing that pertains to life. Some succeeded, others failed, most fell in the middle, where others could not tell whether they had reached the goal or failed. How to Live Life is a story of American history in its own words and very little love.
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- “Neighbor Rosicky” by Willa Cather The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain “Runaways at Poker Flat” by Bret Harte The Awakening by Kate Chopin
