American Dream
The idea of the American Dream has dominated American literature since the founding of America. The American Dream is what people see as the life for them and how they try to fulfill it. Many people have their own idea of what the American Dream is. American writers present different views of the American Dream.
In "Old Iron Sides", Oliver Wendell Holmes depicts the optimistic-patriotic view of the American Dream. The poem talks about an American ship that has hand much experience in war. It's patriotic in the sense that "her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave.…
