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... smart, very "with it", of being physically normal, and of living wonderfully exciting
lives, especially when they are in their Fantasy Reality, explained below ...
Fantasy’s Inability to Overcome Reality. ... In both the physical and the psychological
realms, the boundary between fantasy and reality is permeable. ...
Fantasy Vs. Reality. Fantasy vs. ... That was why they ended up with what they got. It
is amazing that the line between fantasy and reality is so thin. ...
fantasy or reality. Sometimes in life, people wish for things they do not have. ... It
is amazing that the line between fantasy and reality is so thin. ...
Reality Vs. Fantasy. René Descartes, author of “Meditation 1”, writes how
he must erase everything he had ever learned and thought ...
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Sometimes in life, people wish for things they do not have. No
matter how hard people wish on a star or on a candle, the wishes never seemed to be
answered. Everyone has felt that bitter disappointment on Christmas morning when
they finally realize that they were never going to be able to get what they wanted.
This is the same exact feelings that the characters in Cisneros\' The House on
Mango Street. Unlike us, the disappointment for these characters last
throughout their childhood. Esperanza, Rachel, Nenny, Sally, and Lucy are among
the kids growing up on Mango Street. They all long for friendship, love, and a
better life, but all these kids face are the harsh reality of the \"real world.\"
In the society that Esperanza and her friends live in, love takes a back seat
when it comes to relationships.
\"Someday, I will have a best friend all my own. One I can tell my
secrets to. One who will understand my jokes without my having to explain
them\"(11). These are the longing words of Esperanza. While growing up on Mango
Street, Esperanza finds herself in a community that she feels she does not belong
to. With all her heart, she longs for a true friend that she can tell her
dreams to and will understand her for it. These wishes seem easy enough to
grant, but Esperanza soon finds out that there is more to friendship. \"If you
give me five dollars, I will be your friend forever\"(29). Esperanza discovers that
she can not have anything for nothing. Rachel and Lucy sure enough become her
friends, but only after she helped them pay for the bike. Esperanza never does
truly find a real friend who shares the same goal as she...
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