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    The American Dream is slowly dying The “American Dream” a very popular saying used to show a family or person living a very well life in the U.S. This saying is used either seriously or as a joke from another person to show that they are struggling either in taxes or something else. The American Dream is possible to achieve‚ but it is very hard. As taxes and other problems with money that the U.S suffers the American Dream is going away slower and slower from the average person. The state of the

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    I believe the American Dream is belief in the freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals in life through hard work. Today‚ it often refers to one’s material prosperity‚ which is dependent upon one’s abilities and work ethic‚ and not on a rigid class structure. As James Truslow Adams states in his book The Epic of America which was written in 1931: "The American Dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for

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    American Dream The American Dream in my opinion means: safety‚ reunion with my family‚ and economical growth . Immigrants and the “American Dream” is different for every person. To some means financial succes‚ to others it means freedom of expression‚ while others dream to practice their religion without fears. American dream is different from person to person‚ but everybody has the hope of better life. The ‘American Dream’ means to achieve success and prosperity through hard work to touch the

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    American Dream American Dream “Now‚ I say to you today my friends‚ even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow‚ I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: / we hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal.” (King Jr.) Martin Luther King Jr. said this in his most famous speech‚ “I Have a Dream” because in his opinion

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    Dreams Transformed‚ Not Terminated Despite America’s low level of satisfaction and happiness‚ most Americans believe the American Dream is alive‚ and that they have achieved it‚ or on their way to achieving it. Only 17% of Americans believe the dream is impossible to reach or no longer exists for their family. (Davis‚ 2017) The original american dream was the ideal that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative

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    The American dream is a term used in a lot of ways. Although research has shown that American dream can’t be attainable by most people‚ closer examination shows that it can be attainable by the following reasons. As Daniel J. Mitchell stated in New York Times im January 1st‚ 2015 “The United States is not a perfect country‚ but the American Dream is still a reality.” By that he meant that even with America’s Grow rate‚ poverty‚ unemployment rate in the past years and still going Americans can still

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    pursue the American Dream consistently move the play forward. Lorrain Hansberry produced this play in order to illustrate the importance of dreams in the everyday lives of ordinary people. The play begins at a time shortly after World War II‚ and the audience begins to become familiar with one of the many families who are struggling with money. Due to the state of the economy at that time‚ the play centrally focuses on American Dreams of a better life. However‚ because each characters dream is different

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    The American Dream The idea of the American dream began when immigrants migrated to America in hope to become successful‚ have financial stability‚ and receive rights they could not in their country. The American dream however was not only fancied by immigrants. Americans also had faith and wanted to pursue the American dream. The confidence in the American dream has diminished over time due to several economic developments and government policies that has widened the gap between the rich and the

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    The phrase‚ the American Dream is a national ethos of the United States and the idea that clutched many immigrants who came to the US at a deep emotional level. Having left their own countries means they left not only their friends and family‚ but everything that identifies who they are. However‚ whether or not they left their countries because of war‚ poverty or civil or religious persecution‚ they believed that in America‚ they could achieve a better quality of life if they work hard enough. It

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    An Analysis on the Decline of the American Dream Coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931 in response to the economic growth and prosperity experienced in the 1920’s following the end of World War I‚ the American Dream has served as a source of motivation for working American citizens and a pull-factor for those immigrating to America for decades. Defined as “the ideal that every American citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and

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