Fantasy vs Reality

Fantasy vs. Reality         Sometime in our lives, we have wished for things we don't have. No matter how hard we wished on the star or a candle, our wishes never seemed to be answered. We have all felt that bitter disappointment on Christmas morning when we finally realized that we were never going to be able to have what we want. This is the same exact feelings that the characters in Cisneros' The House on …showed first 75 words of 975 total…

…showed last 75 words of 975 total…got were the totally opposite. The reason being is that they did not strive for what they wanted. Instead, they waited for it to come to them. That was why they ended up with what they got. It is amazing that the line between fantasy and reality is so thin. Fantasy and reality are often mistaken for one another because as part of human nature, it is the only way we can deal with disappointment.