The American Dream By Lorraine Hansberry - 1741 Words

The American Dream From the first day that we can walk, talk, and think for ourselves, we are dreamers. These dreams can be nothing more than an illusion, or the foundations to the very lives we live daily. The American Dream is no exception to this, shaping the lives of millions of Americans each and every day, as it has done so for decades. We can see this through the works of many notable authors and their works. Some examples of these people are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Lorraine Hansberry, Thomas Jefferson, and even some more recent writers like John Meacham and Lena Williams. While all of these people may have been alive at different time periods, they all, for the most part, share one common ideology: the American Dream is still alive,†¦show more content†¦The â€Å"pursuit of happiness† that he mentions shows that the common belief was that anyone can achieve their â€Å"happiness†, or the American Dream, as long as one was willing to work for it and overcom e any obstacles in their way. During any time period, there is always the common dream among those living in society, where everyone wants to make the most of their life and achieve the dream that they have been dreaming since the day they could think for themselves. The American Dream was alive even during the beginning of our wonderful country, and it was relatively the same as it is now. More than a century after the Declaration of Independence, the American Dream was still alive and well. In the 1950s, Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun. This play is about a financially troubled African-American family and the problems they face as they try to achieve all of their versions of the American Dream. The play itself is centered around the American Dream and how hard it can be to achieve. The main character, Walter Younger, even says during the beginning of the play, â€Å"Sometimes it’s like I can see the future stretched out in front of me—just plain as dayà ¢â‚¬ ¦ Just waiting for me† ( Hansberry 75). As Walter says, his American Dream is the future, and he can almost see what it holds for him. He knows what he wants to accomplish and have, but he has not reach that point in his life when he

The Transition Of High School - 1256 Words

Time For a Change The transition from high school to college is typically a big step in a teenager’s life. We go from being with people we have grown up with and gotten to know for many years, to a whole new environment with strangers. It can be scary because it is such a huge change. Making friends in high school is a lot different from making friends in college because it takes less effort. Usually, when you meet someone in high school, you already have known â€Å"of â€Å" them, but have not gotten to know them as an individual. For example, I met one of my closest friends, Nikki, in fourth grade because we were neighbors and basically grew up together. We became friends not only because of being neighbors but because we went to the same†¦show more content†¦Coming into St. John Fisher as a freshmen, I only knew one person. This was intimidating because I was basically all on my own. A difficulty I had in this transition to college was that I loved my friends from home and did n ot want to leave them. I simply did not want to make any new friends because I had such amazing ones at home.I wanted them to come to college with me! Having all of us part our separate ways really did take a toll on my friend-making process. I was not ready to make friends because I already had such wonderful friends at home. My transition to St. John Fisher started with my selfishness pouring out. I came into college with the wrong mind set on making friends and I was too worried my friends at home were going to create better bonds with their college friends. Another hindrance I had, was that I was generally only attentive to those who had the same interests as I do. Within a friendship the bond should have a certain degree of mutuality. Common ideas, values and likes are often what drive people to connect and create a friendship. This coherence is good but a degree of differences is also important in a friendship. In college so far, I tend to try to be friends with only nursing majors being that I am a nursing major. Certainly, I am in fact still meeting new people and creating new friendships, but they are all too similar. I noticed we all have the same idea that we want

A Curious Incident Of The Dog - 1456 Words

Mark Haddon’s A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a mystery/bildungsroman novel, and Sophie Laguna’s The Eye of the Sheep, a family drama/bildungsroman novel, explore the way certain factors can affect an individual’s growth within a familial environment through similar themes exhibited in both novels. Haddon and Laguna show their main characters Christopher and Jimmy growing up within a dysfunctional family in 20th century Swindon and Melbourne, where each main character in their respective novel suffer from a mild case of autism, Christopher in particular, Asperger’s Syndrome. An individual’s perception of reality directly impacts the development of their growth and sense of self, and their understanding within familial relationships. In each novel, regardless of the protagonists’ different perceptions of reality, a sense of self is established as each individual’s mindset develops throughout both novels. 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Sports Marketing Brand Equity in Professional Soccer

Question: 1. Choosing and identifying the organisation - Choose Manchester United as the organisation and write a small description about the "vision, mission" in 60-70 words. 2. Write about the segments not targeted by Manchester United. i.e, Demographical, Geographical , Age, Gender etc. 100-120 3. Targeting of your organisation should which segments are chosen from the second question and which strategy is to be applied and with reasoning. 150-200 words. 4. Positioning of the organisation is to be explained in brief. Answer: Introduction Manchester United The chosen club in this topic is Manchester United Football Club. It is a professional football club at Old Trafford, Great Manchester, England. It is one of the most reputed clubs in England and is nicknamed as Great Devils (Masterman 2014). Mission and Vision of Manchester United Football Club Mission of Manchester United The mission of Manchester United FC is to be the best soccer club and team on and off the football ground. It aims at making it an international brand by providing a correct mix of business practices and maintenance of a quality team (Funk et al. 2016). Vision of Manchester united Football Club The vision of Manchester United Football Club is related with becoming the best football club both on and off the pitch by indulging in ethical business practices (Masterman 2014). Market Segmentation of Manchester United FC Demographic Manchester United FC practices demographic segmentation. They are available to people of all ethnic background, age and gender. The tickets of the games of the club are available to all types of people without any reservations. Geography Manchester United is the most popular football club across the globe. It has more than 659 million fans across the globe. Therefore, it is available all over the world. Some of the countries are beyond the target segmentation of the club. Some countries like China, Russia, India, Nigeria and Vietnam are beyond the target segmentation of the club. China has very low fan following of the club, where only 8% of the total population are estimated to be followers of the club. Indias population comprises of only 2.8% of Manchester United fans and followers (Funk et al. 2016). Based on such low following of the club, these segments are not targeted by the club. Age The club aims at age category of 15 and above people. The club does not usually target people below the age of 15 years and people above the age category of 65 are usually not targeted. However, the club is a household name for all age categories of people. Gender Manchester United Football Club aims at men of 15 and above. The club does not majorly target female for market segmentation. However, the demographic segmentation is open for fans belonging to all gender. Strategies for segmentation Manchester United will attempt to expand its markets in countries where the following of the club is low. International marketing is one of the most important concepts, which the club will try to focus on. Certain strategies can be utilized for segmentation. Utilize social media and mobile marketing opportunities The club can utilize digital media as the platform for expanding market in other countries. Use of mobile application and sites can be used for promoting the merchandize and the market of the club in other countries. The popularity of social media has transcended the sky and social media has a growing popularity among people. Therefore, it can be used for expanding the market of the club in countries like China, India, Russia and Nigeria (Funk et al. 2016). Improvise the chances of broadcasting rights on a global platform Many countries do not have the broadcast international club football matches. As a result, the club does not find have high fan following in such countries. If the club gets broadcasting rights in such countries, then the matches can be telecasted in these countries and they will be able to develop fan following in such countries. Digital viewing on internet and phones will help the cause (Masterman 2014). Enhance distribution channel The club should improve the distribution channel. They should improve the wholesale, retail and e-commerce channel. This will help the club to make it product available in the market and develop a strong fan following in these countries. The availability of merchandize will help the club develop a strong customer base. Positioning of the organization Manchester United deals in high quality goods at high price. It has a brand image because of the massive fan following. Chelsea FC deals in comparatively less quality product at a comparatively less price to Manchester United merchandize. Arsenal FC deals in poor quality merchandize and product at very low price. Liverpool FC deals in moderately good quality goods at low price. Therefore, Manchester United is in a superior position compared to the competitors since it is the most famous l football club in the world (Biscaia et al. 2013). Conclusion It can concluded form the report that Manchester United is the most famous football club in the world with a fan following around 659 million fans around the world. They have to stress on digital marketing in order to expand their market in countries where their fan following is low. Their target market is predominantly males of above 15 years of age. They enjoy competitive advantage in terms of positioning, Reference List Biscaia, R., Correia, A., Ross, S., Rosado, A. and Maroco, J., 2013. Spectator-based brand equity in professional soccer.Sport Marketing Quarterly,22(1), p.20. Funk, D.C., Alexandris, K. and McDonald, H., 2016.Sport Consumer Behaviour: Marketing Strategies. Routledge. Masterman, G., 2014.Strategic sports event management. Routledge. Mullin, B.J., Hardy, S. and Sutton, W., 2014.Sport Marketing 4th Edition. Human Kinetics.