The American dream can have so many different meanings to so many different people around our country. This is what makes the American dream so wonderful‚ the fact that you get to determine your dream is in some cases the American dream for some people already! Luckily I myself am able to determine my American dream. I have always thought of my American dream of being able to live a simple life in which I am able to have a stable job that I enjoy. Most importantly though is I would like to not only
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The American dream is when everybody has the ideal of their own freedom. Those people who has the “American dream”‚ they are usually the one who had workhard‚ achieving their goals‚ and become rich. The author‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ had his own definition of the American dream. He wrote the book called‚ “The Great Gatsby”. In the book‚ the characters had their own American dream. However‚ Fitzgerald demonstrates in the book how a dream can be abandon if they only focus on the wrong part. Daisy
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The Death Of The American DreamThe American Dream is dead. This is the main theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. It is through the narrator’s dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream’s pure ideals into a scheme for materialistic power and further‚ how the
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If you were to ask a person what the “American Dream:” is‚ each response would be completely different‚ due to the fact that that everyone has a different opinion on what the “prosperity of life is”. To some it may mean riches and materialistic possessions‚ while for others it could represent freedom‚ happiness and love. Every person is an individual that has individual thoughts‚ never the same as anyone else’s‚ therefore the “American Dream” varies from person to person. For some people‚ happiness
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Corruption Free Pakistan Dream or a Reality Corruption simply means dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those who are in power. As Lord Acton said: “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Corruption is the absence of honesty and virtue.Corruption is the evil which leads to the economic‚ social and moral problems in a country. The society void of law and order is a corrupt society. It is as old as man. It is a world-wide phenomenon. It is probably found in all the countries
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American Dream Vs the Indian Dream World tour‚ yacht‚ villa‚ world peace‚ huge family‚ Prince Charming… When come to think of it‚ what is your life’s ultimate‚ big-fat dream? Dreams are manifestations of our hidden thoughts‚ our environment‚ our lifestyle‚ our culture… so many things! If we ask even two neighbours this question‚ we might get two completely different replies. Ask a 5 year old kid‚ the probable answer would be a candy factory. Ask a 5 year old kid in Ghana- well… his dream might
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What are dreams? Are dreams the motivation to keep moving forward even when life seem futile or perhaps they are the manifestation of the heart itself trying to guide a person into the path that they truly desire? Plenty of people say that dreams are just ideas that come and go as they grow up and experience life‚ but no matter what dreams may be‚ there’s always one something that is very clear‚ the American dream was and still is the motivation of countless individuals‚ back then and as well as
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Millennials‚ who sees the American Dream in an entirely different way from previous generations. They want a life that is completely opposite from what their parents had when they were young. The ideal American Dream to the Millennials is less tangible than their predecessors. Instead of living for the future‚ their dream is really about living in the now and the ability to have more control over their day-to-day lives. Their reasons are based on what happened to their parents dreams‚ of having a home that
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A man who was born poor may dream to become rich and believes that wealth can bring him anything he wants. Jay Gatsby the main character in the novel‚ was born into a poor family‚ at a young age he was determined to become rich. When Gatsby meets Daisy for the first time‚ he instantly falls in love with her. He was a young officer and had no money before being shipped overseas during World War I. After returning home and realizing that Daisy got married. He dreams of having her back and it was the
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Kevin Kim Ms. Kindle AP English 8/28/2013 "The American Dream Reflection" The American Dream is a social ideal life of the US that involves prosperity and happiness for a family. The Grapes of Wrath narrates the situation the Joad Family has to go through to pursue their dreams during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. The Joads had to travel all the way to California from Oklahoma to try and achieve a new prosperous life. In Long Day ’s Journey into Night‚ Tyrone ’s family basically only
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