Corruption of the American Dream
Not So Dreamy
The “American Dream” lured millions of immigrants from all corners of the world to the United States with promises of fortune and happiness far beyond anything attainable in their home lands. The definition of the American Dream has a vast array of answers and over the years the definition has surly changed. However, whether they dream of material gain, career success, or just a new sense of joy, everything leads back to this big idea of the American Dream. Unfortunately, while chasing down their coveted Dream, many immigrants become tripped up by conflicting desires. Though obstacles are always expected, oftentimes both immigrants dreaming the Dream and Americans discussing the Dream completely disregard the possibility of failure or the corruption that may come along with it. If one were to go back in time to witness the American Dream as it first got going, would they see the new jobs and the new life? Would they see glamorous parties and the drinking and the carefree people? Or would they see that it was really all just a false pretense to disappointment. “Rags to riches” was a popular slogan of the time but really how many people achieved the riches that would bring them the happiness and success promised in the American Dream. In another sense the American dream was in a sense that freedom and equality were their greatest wish, and even if it was viewed from this sense it was not commonly a success. Women, different races, and even people with differing sexual orientations still were not given equal rights at this time. People were working in sweatshops and living in slums. If this is the case are we really achieving any success? Since the early 1900’s almost everything has changed, from the clothes, the music, to the jobs to even how people are raised. And since everything around it has changed, so has the American Dream. To people today the American Dream would have to count out the search for freedom and mainly focus on the pursuit
The “American Dream” lured millions of immigrants from all corners of the world to the United States with promises of fortune and happiness far beyond anything attainable in their home lands. The definition of the American Dream has a vast array of answers and over the years the definition has surly changed. However, whether they dream of material gain, career success, or just a new sense of joy, everything leads back to this big idea of the American Dream. Unfortunately, while chasing down their coveted Dream, many immigrants become tripped up by conflicting desires. Though obstacles are always expected, oftentimes both immigrants dreaming the Dream and Americans discussing the Dream completely disregard the possibility of failure or the corruption that may come along with it. If one were to go back in time to witness the American Dream as it first got going, would they see the new jobs and the new life? Would they see glamorous parties and the drinking and the carefree people? Or would they see that it was really all just a false pretense to disappointment. “Rags to riches” was a popular slogan of the time but really how many people achieved the riches that would bring them the happiness and success promised in the American Dream. In another sense the American dream was in a sense that freedom and equality were their greatest wish, and even if it was viewed from this sense it was not commonly a success. Women, different races, and even people with differing sexual orientations still were not given equal rights at this time. People were working in sweatshops and living in slums. If this is the case are we really achieving any success? Since the early 1900’s almost everything has changed, from the clothes, the music, to the jobs to even how people are raised. And since everything around it has changed, so has the American Dream. To people today the American Dream would have to count out the search for freedom and mainly focus on the pursuit