Many people live their lives striving for an ideal. The Canadian Oxford Dictionary describes an ideal as “A moral standard of perfection”. It is an individual belief of some kind of perfect life. Many people live their life trying to achieve their idea of perfection. An ideal may be shown through physical, intellectual, moral, practical, or emotional actions. Literature offers many examples of how individuals are influenced by an ideal. A Streetcar Named Desire by …showed first 75 words of 1155 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1155 total…would not start to argue. Stella show’s her ideal by trying to keep her house calm and not causing any chaos. A Streetcar Named Desire’s Tennessee Williams shows through Blanche, Stanley and Stella that individual’s behaviors are affected by their ideals. These ideals may be seen through physical, intellectual, moral, practical, or emotional actions and are different for each person. Humans strive throughout their lives to reach their ideal and perfect life.