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    The American dream I’ve chosen to write about the offensive tackler Michael Jerome Oher jr. He’s an American football player‚ and he plays for the Baltimore Ravens. I also chose to write about him‚ because I wanted to write about a professional sportsman. Michael Oher comes from a poor family like many others who lived out the American dream. Michael Oher did the incredible‚ and won the battle against poverty. When Michael Oher was a child‚ he didn’t have any ‘’real’’ parents. His mother‚

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    The DREAM Act America harbors a dream that is the very essence that defines us for who we are as a country‚ and separates us from any other nation in the world. It is the reason we are proud to call ourselves American‚ for we live the dream that others ache to experience. All around the globe‚ people clinging to their last strand of hope leave behind their homes and set out for America ’s soil. Their safety is a small price to pay when the only dream they wish to accomplish is living out the American

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    Zac Maret The American Dream was once a belief that where if you worked hard and went to school you can succeed and go into your dream job‚ get married‚ by a house and have kids and live life happily ever after. Now a days you can’t get a job that you majored in when you went to college right away you have a better shot of getting a job making pizzas. So what happened to the American Dream? It died just like this country eventually will. Three reasons that the American Dream is dead are: the

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    The “American Dream” is something we hear about while in our elementary history classes. We have all heard of it but‚ do we know what it is? Is the “American Dream” some unattainable thought of someone’s misplaced perception of reality? Or is the legendary “American Dream” just a matter of a few steps away from all of us? This dream we know of is not an illusion but a reality‚ all we must do is work for it. Generation after generation‚ individuals and families have come to this land

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    concept of the American Dream has been a trademark of the country for centuries‚ but it has recently been said that the idea has changed as time goes on. Authors Bob Herbert‚ Cal Thomas‚ Paul Krugman and Karen Olsson give their views on what they think has happened to the American dream and how we as a people may bring the dream back. In his essay “Hiding from Reality‚” Herbert claims that the American dream is a thing of the past. Thomas elaborates on this in his essay “Is the American Dream Over?” by

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    1‚537 Summer Cumin Pryor English 1A 1 July 2013 8 American Dream: Myth or Fact? What is the American Dream? The American Dream is freedom‚ success‚ opportunity‚ perseverance‚ equality‚ justice‚ and safety for all people. However‚ this is not the case at all in America‚ which therefor states the American Dream as a myth. It is a fantasy‚ that has not come true for the millions of people that are hoping to get a piece of the wealth‚ which America seems to only share with its rich upper class. Mansions

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    Corruption of the American Dream The American dream is an ideal that has been discreetly present since the beginning of American literature. Commonly‚ the dreamer aspires to rise from rags to riches‚ while accumulating such things as love‚ high status‚ wealth‚ and power. The early dream of acquiring western land has quickly and efficiently morphed into a vision of materialistic assets. In the past century‚ the American dream has increasingly focused on large houses‚ cars‚ and expensive gadgets

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    relishing in "The American Dream" While capitalism promotes the belief that this dream is achievable‚ it is more often than not‚ a literal dream‚ and leaves its pursuers poor‚ and weak. This keeps the working class powerless‚ and pacified to propagate capitalistic values. Clean cut examples of this are cases in such societies where people do not have the chance to advance but have the chance to succeed. A strange position that seems to contradict a culture that’s "Dream" is to be powerful

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    achievement” which is easily connected to the idea of The American Dream. After all‚ isn’t America known as “The land of opportunity”? Most people came to America‚ and still come for that matter‚ in search of a better life through hard work and dedication to their cause. In “Chinaman’s Chance: Reflections on the American Dream” by Eric Liu‚ it is stated that “...it (the American Dream) does demand the opportunity to achieve progress-and values the opportunity

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    Crazy Dream Screenplay SCENE 1 FADE IN: INT. DARK ROOM – NIGHT In the middle of the dark table a crystal ball shines. As the camera focuses now the MAGICIAN‚ magical sounds or Arab music sounds in the background. MAGICIAN Welcome to the only place on earth were your wish may come true The magical and mysterious face of the magician is shown and aluminium sparks spread out for 5 seconds from the magician’s hands. The magician is wearing a purple robe. The camera’s attention goes to “THE DREAMER”

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