immigrants thought when they came to the USA in order to persue the American dream. To many of those people‚ that translated into something that would impact then for the rest of their lives. These people sacrificed their jobs‚ their relationships and connections‚ their educational levals‚ and their language at their homelands to start their new life in America and succeed in reaching their dream. So what is the defination of the American dream? Some think of it just as being rich and famous or to have
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The American Dream There are billions of people living in the world‚ and hundreds of countries with people that live in these countries. They all have a particular set of goals and achievement‚ and they all share dreams and values‚ and they are ready to work hard and sacrifice their life for this aim‚ and people in these countries have expectations and their personal desires from their life and countries. Among all of these nations‚ there is one that many wished to live in and be a part of this country
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their lives based on the American Dream. Most people have dreams about what they want to do in life‚ but not all achieve those dreams. Statistic shows from recent surveys that only 16% of Americans end up doing their dream job. Many Americans have very unrealistic views of the American Dream‚ stuff the ordinary American could not have or do. When interviewing my subjects I realized that the American Dream is not about materialistic goods‚ but family‚ and following your dreams. Winston Cabe My
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The American Dream can be defined as a national ethos of the United States‚ a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. Willy Loman‚ the protagonist of the play Death of a Salesman‚ believes wholeheartedly in the idea that a ‘well liked’ and ‘personally attractive’ man in business will indubitably acquire the material comforts offered by modern American life. This however is a skewed perspective of
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John Smith and William Taylor Bradford were both writers who came to America from England. One of the authors‚ John Smith‚ traveled to America for the King of England in order to obtain the gold that was rumored to be present there. Bradford‚ however‚ didn’t come to America for that reason. Bradford and other Puritans there to escape the religious persecution they faced. Although Smith’s and Bradford’s writings were for different audiences and used different persuasive techniques‚ they were written
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The American dream for me is to become a community pharmacist. Pharmacist comes from the word pharmacology which is the study of drugs/medicine in the human system. A pharmacist is a role in the medical industry who subscribes and provides medicine/drugs to patients. They are responsible for checking if the drugs/medicine is suitable and top quality for the patients. I am aspired to become a pharmacist so‚ I must take two years of college or more if desired to complete pre-requisites. Afterwards
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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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Name : Indriana Dewi Lestari N.I.M. : 08.11.106.101301.0565 Class : Evening Subject : English Prose II Idea of Captain John Smith: His books and maps may have been as important as his deeds‚ as they encouraged more Englishmen and women to follow the trail he had blazed and to colonize the New World. He gave the name New England to that region‚ and encouraged people with the comment‚ "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands‚ he
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The Reality of the American Dream By Saryah Robinson ________________________________________ Remember when you were a child and somebody asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? Personally‚ I wanted to be a NASCAR racer. I know‚ a little far-fetched if you think about it. When we were children we were so optimistic. We hardly accepted failure. This was the time in our lives when we sincerely believed in ourselves. We believed in the American Dream because it was instilled in our minds
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AND THE AMERICAN DREAM The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is an excellent demonstration of life among the new rich during the 1920s‚ with people who had freshly accumulated an immense amount of fortune but had no subsequent social networks. The novel is a fascinating account about love‚ money and life during the 1920s in New York. It demonstrates the society and the accompanying principles‚ values‚ and dreams of the American population at that time. These principles‚ values‚ and dreams can be
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