There are a large number of Americans who currently the American Dream is slowly but surely becoming just that‚ a dream. Of course many individuals disagree with that assertion. Those who may think the American Dream is dead have several viable reasons I’m sure‚ but let us not be discouraged. Our competitive job market‚ globally based economic system and changes in trends may seem to be intimating to some‚ I however don’t see these issues to be all negative. Although there are several aspects of
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Why can’t some people achieve the American Dream? People in America can achieve the American Dream‚ but others cannot achieve the American Dream. You’re looked at different in America if you have less than someone else or worse opportunities. I believe that some citizens can achieve the American Dream and some cannot. Although some can go out‚ get a job and keep it‚ others cannot do this and struggle for money. “Almost two thirds say they live from paycheck to paycheck forty seven percent say
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Nowadays‚ the American Dream has become a burgeon dream of every young individual that lives in America‚ in addition‚ is a component that every individual strives for. In my perspective‚ I perceive success as getting an education in the United States. In other words‚ graduating from college in America is what success looks like to me. Not just that‚ but there are three goals that I have to achieve in order for my American Dream to become true. One of them‚ which I listed before‚ is getting a degree
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The American Dream is core to the American worldview. Though people from schoolteachers to presidential candidates have spoken on this topic‚ there seems to be no consensus as to whether it is dead or alive. One of the many articles written on the Dream is “The American Dream is Dead—Here’s Where It Went” by Adelle Peters‚ and as the title suggests‚ Peters argues that the American Dream is dead. According to her‚ low upward mobility‚ caused by unequal education and a gaping income inequality‚ has
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The Gatsby Dream The American Dream. A goal that is hidden within all people‚ young and old. It is inspiration for people to get everything that they could have ever wanted. A popular saying‚ created in the 21st century by people describing the American Dream‚ is “Work hard‚ play hard‚” essentially stating that in order to have fun and enjoy life‚ one must work hard to get to the point where having fun is possible. Gatsby‚ from the novel The Great Gatsby‚ by Scott F. Fitzgerald‚ is a perfect example
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The American Dream is often connected with people who have astonishing dreams and who managed to actually live out such dreams. For almost all Americans‚ this entails earning a college degree‚ gaining a good job‚ buying a house‚ and starting a family. Just like Americans born here‚ immigrants dream for a hope of a better life. Immigrants have different motives for coming to America. As Yuliya Sandler‚ an immigrant from Ukraine in the late ‘90s‚ said‚ “One of the main reasons [to come to this country]
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Pursuit of the American Dream What is the American Dream and how does one obtain it? That question can be answered in a multitude of ways. For some achieving the American Dream means living a better‚ richer and happier life. Others believe it has more emphasis on just living simply and having a fulfilling life; also having the opportunity to become anything one desires with little determination and hard work. In Watson’s Bread and Roses: Mills‚ Migrants‚ and the Struggle for the American Dream‚ immigrants
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fulfill their individual dreams‚ while residing on the Southside of Chicago. Each member of the Younger family have inspirations‚ however are deprived of achieving them due to their African-American race. Mama‚ whom is the matriarch of the family dreams of buying a house for her family in a more decent and refined neighborhood. She believes that living in a new house creates an open door of positivity and opportunity for her family to achieve success and their own dreams. Despite having the motivation
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The American dream is an illusion implanted in the minds of people that sets the bar for life achievement. American children are raised in a society that tells them that they can be anything they want to be as an adult‚ if children were able to read between the lines of their parents motivational speech there would be less confusion. What parents really mean to say is that it’s okay to be whatever they want to be when they grow up as long as it makes lots of money. After all in an excessive American
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that this “Dream” is most closely associated with financial independence and opportunity in modern times- a result of the nation’s capitalist economic system‚ and the effects of the media on public opinion. “The American Dream is an implicit contract that says if you play by the rules‚ you’ll move ahead. It’s a faith that is almost unique to this country‚” remarks Michael Dimock of the Pew Research Center. However‚ despite positive images of American society‚ the “modern age” of American history to
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