Fuchs The American Way of Families: Is the Dream Really as Sweet as Apple Pie? :: essays research papers

Fuchs "The American Way of Families" Is the Dream Really as Sweet as Apple Pie?      at that place were a few aspects of Lawrence H. Fuchss essay The American Wayof Families that I found extraordinarily interesting. He discusses influencesof the modern American family that I found quite bizarre. Fuch excessively labels thekey component to the American family as be none other than the gratificationand pursuit of ones own self being. The most bizarre thing that overcame aft(prenominal)reading this piece was that I found myself to be in total agreement with Fuch.That is what scared me. I realized that something that is supposed to be so perpetual in ones own life is really as "cut and dry" as we would like to believe.In essence, the main premise of human existence is consolatory yourself at everylevel down to your basic foundation. We fight to make our own lives better attimes even at the cost of others. This holds square in almost every arena o fsociety that I tried to imagine after reading Fuchs essay. The only area oflife that this fight to play yourself above and beyond all does notpertain in my opinion is religion it is impossible to worship a being and tryto overcome that being at the same time. Whether it involves fighting to be ontop in the workplace or playing dirty to win a sporting typeface almost allAmericans have the fire burning within them that compels them to reach theirgoal or self satisfaction. In reading The American Way of Families, it occuredto me that the struggle for pleasing ones own self existed even in the family.     I dont think that after reading this piece that anyone can deny theexistence of this urge in themselves. The urge exists in every form. No matterhow picture perfect the family may be perceived, each member of that householdwants to please themselves. In this request to satisfy the appetite of happinesswe often overlook the feelings of others. For instance, suppo se that in afamily that consisted of two college graduates in the role of parent, were facedwith a child (that they brought up with all of their values and good intentions)that suddenly decides that he or she wants to move to Hollywood to become a rockstar. It is almost by instinct that these parents go forth not approve of theirchilds decision. They do not want to lie about what their child is doing whentheir friends(who coincidentally all have children in college) ask, "Hey, whats