Why Are Americans Afraid Of Dragons Analysis

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At a young age, everyone is told that imagination is one of the most important skill that a human being should develop. The reason why imagination is because it cannot be controlled. It is one of the things that the government cannot own or control. Due to that reason, it brings fear to the government because imagination does not have any limits or any boundaries. However, the American society does not consider imagination to be a necessity as a skill but they have converted this skill into a commodity or considers imagination to be childish. Le Guin, who is an American author who specializes in writing fantasy stories stated in her article, Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons that Americans are hesitant to accept fantasy because they are afraid of confronting reality rather than forcing themselves to endure it. Since the American society’s mindset is only focused on producing for mass consumption and mass profit, nobody has the proper mindset of disciplining their imaginations but rather the Americans …show more content…

The American Dream is the opportunity for prosperity and success through the hard work in America. Today, the American’s mindset of living in this world is driven by profit. In other words, we are all brainwashed to think that the only reason why we are living in this world is because of one goal, which is only making a lot of money. According to Le Guin’s article, Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons, she states that “Equally, in the businessman’s value system, if an act does not bring in an immediate, tangible profit, it has no justification at all. Thus the only person who has an excuse to read Tolstoy or Tolkien is the English teacher, because he gets paid for it. But our businessman might allow himself to read a best-seller now and then: not because it has a good book, but because it is a best-seller – it is a success, it has made money” (Le Guin

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