In my opinion‚ I disagree that meritocracy is the only requirement or way to achieve “The American Dream‚” I see it as an important foundation build towards success‚ especially in the modern days. I believe that back in the days‚ meritocracy does work; working hard‚ earning a high education qualification‚ positive attitude‚ etc… However‚ in the modern era‚ I believe these are basic requirement to be able to even step on the road to success. I think there are more to add these days like‚ personality
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The American Dream is core to the American worldview. Though people from schoolteachers to presidential candidates have spoken on this topic‚ there seems to be no consensus as to whether it is dead or alive. One of the many articles written on the Dream is “The American Dream is Dead—Here’s Where It Went” by Adelle Peters‚ and as the title suggests‚ Peters argues that the American Dream is dead. According to her‚ low upward mobility‚ caused by unequal education and a gaping income inequality‚ has
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Norman Rockwell and the American Dream Norman Rockwell is the most well-known American illustrator in history. His illustrations have become a reference to how life was from the 30s – 70s. Much of his art caught the average American in an everyday situation and made it come to life. When his art was first published‚ the people of that time would see America in her real moments. A barber playing his saxophone with his friends in the backroom of his shop‚ boys skipping school to go to
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Alive is a true story of a Uruguayan rugby team’s plane that crashed and occurred in 1972 in the middle of the Andes Mountains‚ and their immense will to survive and pull through alive‚ forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold. The only thing the team has riding on after losing so many of their good friends and family members is the slim chance of making it through alive and their faithfulness to God. The one where the survivors
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The American Dream In the past it was possible for a working person to have a decent job‚ buy a home‚ get a car‚ and have their children go to school. The American Dream is a set of national ideals‚ like having a decent job and owning a home‚ basically prosperity‚ that are achieved through personal ability and opportunity. Today people would argue that the American Dream is still alive and feasible‚ however‚ the increasing difficulty to achieve common social goals‚ that are often referred to in
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often question the relevance of studying Shakespeare’s beloved play‚ Romeo and Juliet. Some argue that the themes presented in the theatrical novel are sending the wrong‚ outdated message to today’s youth whilst some believe it is still a valuable educational piece that still relates to modern society. We are often reminded of the suicidal love tragedy between Romeo and Juliet‚ the “star-crossed” lovers who dispose of their lives simply because of the disapproval of their parents. While that is the
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Seamus Heaney Exam Question Lewis Alcorn 5T Seamus Heaney is one of the most popular poets alive today. Discuss and explain why you think this is so. Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the twentieth century. A native of Northern Ireland‚ Heaney currently lives in Dublin. Heaney taught at Harvard University from 1985 to 2006‚ where he was a Visiting Professor‚ and then Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University (1985-1997) and Ralph Waldo Emerson
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American Dream or American Nightmare Be The American Dream is something that can be easily defined for some people‚ and for others it can be very difficult to put into words. The American Dream is a combination of a few things. I firmly believe that Americans should have equal access to this ideal of an American Dream in order for it not to be considered just mere notion. My idea of the American Dream is also built on freedom. Our fore fathers who built this great nation were on the right
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The American Dream is a complex concept that people interpret differently. It can be seen as a gateway to opportunities that are unavailable in their own homeland. People immigrate to the U.S. in search of those opportunities. However‚ many view the American Dream as an illusion to draw people in‚ only to end up working nonstop for pennies. They are convinced that it is a swindle to get people here to work arduously for countless hours. Despite the dissenting aspects of the American Dream‚ the overall
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The variance of many in America is so vast that there is no possible way to pinpoint on exact dream. To expand on the idea that the American dream is conditioned to the individual‚ a distinguished journalist‚ Dan Rather‚ shares a common belief that “There is no typical American and no typical American dream. For some‚ the dream for one is freedom; for others it is of fortune or family or service to one’s fellows… But however we define it‚ it defines us as people” (Rather 41). This provides that each
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