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Item Critique of American Dream in John Steinbeck‟s of Mice and Men(Department of English, 2020) Ghimire, BisakhaNot availableItem Failure of American Dream in Christina Henriquez'sThe Book of Unknown Americans(Central Department of English, 2020) Rana, Purna Kumaravailable with full textItem Failure of American Dream in Christina Henriquez'sThe Book of Unknown Americans(Central Department of English, 2020) Rana, Purna Kumaravailable with full textItem Failure of American Dream in Lynn Austin’s All She Ever Wanted(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012-08) Acharya, UmeshIn All She Ever Wanted, Lynn Austin pictures the modern Euro- American society and provides the mirror of social circumstances. She unearths the bourgeoisie domination upon the proletariats and presents that the wealth, name and fame are guided by superiority complex, whereas poverty, suffering and failure are guided by the inferiority complex. The novel deals with the experiences of failure in the life of the characters. Kathleen is the central character acting as a role model protagonist. She narrates the whole story and reveals Euro-American socio-economic and socio-political scenario of the post war period. Austin depicts vividly the social panorama, in which the bourgeoisie exploit to the proletariat through the means of social apparatus by imposing hegemony, gradually to rule upon them. American wealthy people exploit the inferior who run to achieve the honey of American dream, to be fuller, richer, better, prosperous and higher in wealthy society. Despite this, every character becomes the victim of the bourgeoisie monopoly system and exploitation. In this research, Fiona gets victimized by the wealthy banker Arthur who has married her only for enjoyment purpose. His fake marriage makes Fiona identity less woman. Her dreams to be richer, fuller and better fade away suddenly after the death of her selfish husband Arthur. All those characters that run after fantasy and depend on fate are faced the same condition as Fiona.Item Failure of American Dream in The Winter of Our Discontent(Department of English, 2010) Adhikari, GaurabThe Winter of Our Discontent is the novel which unfolds the story of Ethan, an American representative who reveals the plight of America. America is not only getting material success in an electronic motion but also losing its moral value at the same rate. Life, Liberty and Pursuit of happiness are the main motto of American dream as suggested by Thomas Jefferson. They believe in individuality, toil, industrial progress and high tech life. As soon as their material progresses are happening, at the same time their social life is defiled by the same material components. Suicide, murder, robbery, treachery are at the same time, the mottos of American dream. These are the by product of the American progress. In the American materialism money becomes the life blood of their success. Monetary economy no more becomes its integral part but also defile their societal life. The last attempt of suicide by Ethan is the symbol of dying American Dream.Item Male Politics in Normal Mailer's An American Dream(Department of English, 2009) Poudel, Ganesh PrasadThis dissertation discusses the treatment of women characters in Norman Mailer’s novelAn American Dream.The so-called Dream of Jefferson’s “Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness”, become mere dreams for American women. Long history of patriarchal domination in society and its created certain truth upon women is the one and only one bar for the emancipationof the women and their prosperity. Male politics to subordinate women is the hindrance for women’s ‘American Dream’. So to crumble down the male politics of subordination is indispensable to attain the dream. Until and unless bias nature of social systemis not altered, women are not able to dream the “American dream Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness.” So, the novel An American Dreamis true to females only by rupturing bias social construct of patriarchal domination and subordination in the existingsociety. So, Mailer raises the problem and hence female should go a head to encounter the male politics through there own strong notion of women’s politics to overcome that.Item Sam Shepard’sBuried Child“The disintegration of American Dream”(Department of English, 2007) Dhungana, Hotri RajDisintegration of American dream prevails among peoplein American societies during twentieth century. Concept of American Dream led society to flourish in every field. American Dream contains elements of family and financial success. Contemporary American society is delved into paucity of spirituality and morality. Family members also cannot co-operate among themselves and family norms and values have been crushed. The past ideal of innocence and simplicity as well as predictability of life was replaced by the prevailing complexity, disillusionment and disorder. Similarly the catastrophic world war was another dominant factor that brought about change in American society. American farmers experienced a serious crisis due to the sudden change of price drop of major crops. Farm life is very hard due to weather.Cultural faith and ideas are failed to cope with the problem of modern American society. This study mostly seeks the comical and insightful presentation of the disintegrating American Dream in ‘Buried child’. Dramatist tries to show situation of disintegration of the American Dream by showing the characters' failure to perform their perspective roles and dark secrets of family. It is a vision of a dysfunctional family that is transformed into a symbol of loss of innocence.