Analyzing Delores Kesler's 'American Dream'

Yes America does still provide the American Dream. Most people don 't think the American Dream is still available. Even though America may still provide access to the American Dream through hard work, opportunities, and inalienable rights, we, as people, still need to go out and seek the American Dream.
With the American Dream comes hard work. Most of the time, the American Dream does not just fall into one’s hands. Dan Rather gives an example of this by highlighting Delores Kesler’s rise, noting the she "began her career at 22 with a series of dead-end jobs, struggling to make ends meet" (41). She had to start at the bottom and work her way up to where she is now. Delores Kesler had to work hard to be able to achieve her dream of becoming a self-made millionaire. He also shows the importance of seeking help by telling the story of Curtis G. Alkens Sr., who “believes that he would have disappeared completely if he hadn’t, at 26, finally asked for help” (Rather, 45) had he not done so, he would not be able to read today. “Collins pursued her dream, joining Air Force ROTC at Syracuse University….Eventually...on NASA” (44) Rather begins to tell a story on how Eileen Collins had the dream to fly and she
According to dictionary.com inalienable rights is “a right that can not be taken away, denied, or transferred”. As President Barack Obama stated, “our rights are based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration” (Obama, 85). The Declaration of Independence is a document where all man was created to be equal. Based on that document, we have the right to live the American Dream, as long as we go out and seek it. Most people come to America to live the American Dream because inalienable rights are “the true genius of America, a faith of the simple dreams, the insistence on small miracles” (Obama, 85). Without these rights, there will be no American