Fuck You Horatio Alger, the American Dream is dead...
...and so are you! The once great American Dream is now unattainable and superficial. Willy Loman knew this and Hunter was never able to find it.
"And I never have figured some of the most basic things out - like what is gonzo journalism and what is the American dream. And shit, I still can't spell "sheriff." I think sometimes I really never learned anything much since I was fifteen. I know I have but I haven't changed much. And maybe I'm either an example of integrity in a person or the dumbest person around. I haven't learned anything since I was fifteen."
-Hunter S. Thompson, George Interview, Dec/Jan 2001.
posted by Sherb @ 3:02 PM
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A dream only dies when you stop dreaming it. A dreamer dies when he gives up on dreaming altogether. Then he knows that it was all just a dream. A hope. A message from his soul about what is most important to him. The dream is dead. The dreamer is dead, but the man is still alive. What's more, he is now awake with the memory of his dream. Now it's up to him. He can feel sad that the dream is over. He can close his eyes and try to live in his dreamworld again, even though he knows better. Or he can realize that he is awake, that he can make choices and not live at the mercy of a dream. He can realize that there is much to learn from a dream, but he cannot live in one. He can only get out of bed and greet the world with his eyes open. He can stop dreaming and start living.
Agreed. In many ways, the search for the American Dream never really dies. It’s just that the next chapter hasn’t been written yet. Each of us must discover our own American Dream and let the tales unfold.
Indeed. In this life we all face our own personal El Guapos. For some of people, El Guapo is learning how to read. For others it is poverty or illness. For us, El Guapo is a big scary man who's trying to kill us. Who also happens to be the real El Guapo.
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