American Dream Success

People grow up with aspirations and big dreams, “The American Dream.” This mythology is often problematic to attain because of the many hurdles that prevent individuals to grasp and conquer the boundless treasures it possesses. Dictionary.com defines the American dream as “the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American and/or a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S.” Whether you believe these values are incorporated in what is to be believed as the American Dream. Most strive for a dream career, significant other, and/or material possessions. Social economic status and intelligible gain are one of many endeavors that are sought to be a successful American. These values are an integral key to the foundation of what I consider to be the American dream. Growing up with goals and expectations to achieve what is portrayed to be prosperous “The American Dream” can be more difficult to accomplish because of the following reasons: social equality, poverty, and educational opportunities. Social equality is an equal
Poverty correlates with social economic status. Living in poverty limits your ability to achieve the American dream to an extent. In “All Americans are victims of Katrina, amid systems failures” by Walter Mosley, he says [G]overnment fails each day to rebuild, redeem, rescue those because of poverty, race, and old age. This quote by Mosley summarizes the few reasons why it is challenging to accomplish the American Dream. Poverty consumes ambitions, intensifies your mentally, and cultivates crime. Urban areas and the inner-city are often riddled with poverty. These assets, if we would like to refer them as assets, blind those living in these conditions from achieving or being exposed to the American dream. Limited resources and knowledge hinders the likelihood to