This article starts by catching the readers’ attention very vigorously. “From the people, by the people, to the people: the American dream(s) Debut,” volume 37, and pages 162-171; the author of this academic journal is Demetri Llallas. According to the only possible source on Linkedin.com, Demetri Llallas is a lecturer at Rogers University in Cranford, New Jersey and used to be a Writer Instructor at Union County College and several other colleges. The introduction of the article begins with many hasty generalizations about the American dream. He introduces a book by Walter Lippmann called Drift and Mastery and references Adam Smith and Karl Marx. He references other books describing many possible metaphors about “the American dream” (162). The author might not be referencing these texts as a “metaphor” but perhaps intends to show readers some works to make his claim more valuable.
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Quoting other authors’ works without much information written by the writer himself/herself can be unreliable because too many points devalue a journal entry. All throughout the article, the author makes random points concerning his main title. The thesis statement might perhaps be the title itself. This academic research paper can teach its readers a lot about the “debut” of “the American Dream.” He concludes his article with too many references. The author mentions the American dream at the end of his work but does not defined it. Further research will most likely have to be done to learn more about the American dream. The objective or purpose that the author was trying to make is very unclear. He grabs the readers’ attention and almost diminishes it if one is not careful. He was perhaps intending to establish a foundation to the subject by relating authors, leaders and philosophers from the