High hopes (From The Search Engine)
Dreams are an essential part of our lives. However, regardless dreams’ positive influence on people, some of us consider them useless and even rather dangerous. Corliss’ relatives say that dreams can delude into thinking that everything is possible, but the young woman believes that dreams can lead to something much better than one has ever dared to anticipate. Corliss knows everything about it. Unlike many young people around the world, she has never been really supported by the most important people in her life, by her family. According to them, poetry is the most fruitless thing in the world when for her it is the whole world. Her story is about an ability to work for your dream no matter what.
Homelessness and the reasons of it (From What You Pawn I Will Redeem)
Jackson Jackson knows for sure that it is not scary to be homeless. He doesn’t need much; he doesn’t even need a roof over his head to sleep peacefully at night. Just like many other downtrodden people, the man has chosen this kind of life by himself. He can’t tell the exact reason, but there is something that bothers him, preventing him from setting down and leading an ordinary life. He spends his day just walking around and looking for food. No one waits for him or cares for him, but Jackson Jackson is okay with it. He doesn’t need to worry about such things as bills, work etc. He has freedom that others can only dream about, despite his deprivations.
Lost identity (From The Search Engine)
One should be able to identify oneself. That simple phrase – “I am” – is one of the first we learn as children. When a person can’t identify oneself, a crisis or even a tragedy is bound to happen. Harlan Atwater will definitely agree with it. He is an Indian who has been raised and cared about by white people. He loves them dearly, for they have been always so loving and supportive that he couldn’t ask for more. However, he can’t say that he is happy, for he doesn’t know who he is. He is neither a white nor an Indian. The first group will never accept him because of his skin color. The latter doesn’t know him, for Harlan has never lived in the reservation.
