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    The American Dream is an idea which suggests all people can succeed through the challenges life brings to you. All Americans have the potential to live happy and successful lives. Although the American Dream is considered difficult to accomplish‚ people have manage to achieve it. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” novel views of the American Dream with wealth‚ education‚ and love. Wealth is what most Americans strive for to achieve the American Dream for happiness. For example‚ a family

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    and illusions and maybe nobody really understands the meaning of happiness. We tend to truly believe that our illusions are much better than reality. We encounter a few myths in the play that lead us to believe that they’re living their lives as a dream‚ which is explains why there are so many games and why Martha is so childish. In Albee’s view‚ Martha and George must face reality by abandoning their illusions. Throughout the whole book it is hard to know what the real truth is and what is actually

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    the reward of the American Dream. If no one ever looked on the bright side of things and persevered through the bad‚ no one would ever achieve the American Dream. Because the narrator is still persistent‚ and keeps hoping‚ he will soon be rewarded with the beautiful things about America and not

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    Two different men‚ with one shared dream‚ and both of which have different outcomes. In the plays‚ A Raisin in the Sun by Arthur Miller and Death of a Salesman by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the two major characters‚ Walter and Willy are important people with similar personal struggles and a shared dream of making it rich. The characters have similar struggles‚ with the outcome of them pursuing their dreams ending similarly. The characters of Walter and Willy have many common characteristics. Both Willy

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    Death of a Salesman Introduction The declaration of independence declared that every American is born with rights; inalienable rights and freedom that would see home or her achieve the American dream. Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman" is a story of a protagonist‚ Willy Loman‚ who is striving to achieve the dream‚ though he realizes his rights extremely late in his life struggles. According to the American dream fundamental‚ one needed to be industrious and be liked in order to success. Therefore

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    changes since the time when “The American Dream” slogan was put forward to drive the country to success. The article “The Death of Horatio Alger” by Paul Krugman was published in2004. Horatio Alger was a prolific writer who lived between the year 1832 and 1899. This article has expressed the value of the America dream. And the writer thinks about the causes of economic inequality. Moreover‚ it signified the American ideals that with hard work and courage‚ Americans would achieve material success and

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    but also in only wanting the best for his sons‚ wanting them to succeed. It is kind of a sad irony that he reaches the exact contrary‚ because he is just stocked in his dreams while his sons “turned their backs on him” (p. ) and towards the end of the book he even loses his job. All he has ever tried for and reached in his dreams disappears in the hard light of reality. Also there has to be a loveable side of him‚ which is for the reader probably hard to see‚ but the way his wife admires him Miller

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    completely different families who live in southern California. Striving for their American dream‚ the Mossbacher’s and the Rincon’s struggle with similar difficulties everyday. But the presence of each other make them do things they would never have done before. They both go to the same grocery store‚ but they spend their money very different‚ and their American lifestyles contrast throughout the novel. The American dream is not limited to the immigrants in trying to better their lives‚ though it is

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    Salesman Theme of Dreams‚ Hopes‚ and Plans Willy Loman is a dreamer of epic proportions. His dreams of material success and freedom ultimately dwarf the other aspects of his mentality to the point that he becomes completely unable to distinguish his wild hopes from rational realities in the present. Happy and Linda also are extremely optimistic‚ but they maintain their ability to distinguish hopes from reality. Biff more than any other character struggles against the force of Willy’s dreams and expectations

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    world. Keller and Loman have significant tragic flaws which ultimately lead to their demise. Both characters are unable to accept reality the way others are capable of‚ the “American dream” has been corrupted and misinterpreted in their feeble minds‚ and abandonment has plagued them throughout their lives. The “American dream” seems to play a monumental role in distinguishing what is essential to be successful. Joe Keller believes that his son‚ Chris‚ deserves the business he built from the ground

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