The American Dream Emil
1. Outline of the American Dream interpreted in text 1, 3 and 4
The first text consists of bunch of interpretations of the American Dream. One of which James Truslow Adams has written, The Epic of America, states, that The American Dream should be a unadulterated success, that everyone would be able to achieve it according to their skills and fundamental abilities. That it is not a dream of fast cars and high wages, but more a dream, where people attain social abilities – having social order and stature of which they are inherently capable. This way of interpreting the American Dream is a bit different to the other interpretations in text No. 1. The central definition of the American Dream is stated in the Declaration of Independence as:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”
It is more the right to liberty that is essential in this phrase. The right to rights and the right to pursuit you own happiness. It is for me here inevitably to draw a perspective to Martin Luther King’s speech, I have a Dream. Also he believes that all men are created equal and every man and woman has unalienable rights.
In text No. 3 a reporter, David Lynch is concerned that the American Dream is, if not dead, badly wounded. He says so because statistics have shown, that only 45 percent, under half, of Americans believe, that their children will do better financially than themselves. And that is very worrisome. Anya Kamenetz, the author of the text, says that by most measures, the United States’ fundamental assumption of the American Dream, is the idea that standards of living, as measured by money and ownership of material things, ought to keep rising steadily year after year, generation after generation. This is completely different to James Truslow’s interpretation in text No. 1 where his opinion on the American
The first text consists of bunch of interpretations of the American Dream. One of which James Truslow Adams has written, The Epic of America, states, that The American Dream should be a unadulterated success, that everyone would be able to achieve it according to their skills and fundamental abilities. That it is not a dream of fast cars and high wages, but more a dream, where people attain social abilities – having social order and stature of which they are inherently capable. This way of interpreting the American Dream is a bit different to the other interpretations in text No. 1. The central definition of the American Dream is stated in the Declaration of Independence as:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”
It is more the right to liberty that is essential in this phrase. The right to rights and the right to pursuit you own happiness. It is for me here inevitably to draw a perspective to Martin Luther King’s speech, I have a Dream. Also he believes that all men are created equal and every man and woman has unalienable rights.
In text No. 3 a reporter, David Lynch is concerned that the American Dream is, if not dead, badly wounded. He says so because statistics have shown, that only 45 percent, under half, of Americans believe, that their children will do better financially than themselves. And that is very worrisome. Anya Kamenetz, the author of the text, says that by most measures, the United States’ fundamental assumption of the American Dream, is the idea that standards of living, as measured by money and ownership of material things, ought to keep rising steadily year after year, generation after generation. This is completely different to James Truslow’s interpretation in text No. 1 where his opinion on the American