Comparing The American Dream: Simple And Meager Life
The American Dream use to be the limitless ability to attain goals with family values and it now transforms into attaining luxuries, wealth, and fame. In the past, people often pursued goals such as living a simple life on the satisfactory amount of land and possessions. During Henry David Thoreau’s time, “the wisest have ever lived a more simple and meager life than the poor” (1). Thoreau’s words marked a time in the lives of the past where living a simple life with one’s family was considered wise, and thus good. Moreover, satisfaction accompanied simple living. Due time, this perception of a satisfactory living has since changed. In the present, people pursue lives that can allow oneself to immerse in luxuries, wealth, and fame. According