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    The American dream is why there is equality all through America. It is why one can get an amazing education‚ have a job‚ marry whoever they want‚ and have children. It’s the reason why the United Sates has freedom! Everyone around the world wishes for the American dream because they do not have it like Americans do. Americans have no idea that they are living the American dream right now because it all comes to them naturally‚ and we can thank our Founding Fathers for that. People complain about

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    Dare to DREAM “O my God‚ 
Give me a wonderful dream‚ 
Hope for a successful dream
Give me the best dream. 

I have a dream 
Now‚ 
Tonight and‚ 
Tomorrow. 

A dream within a dream‚ 
Dream of guardian angel‚ 
Dream of seeing myself‚ 
Being success and happy. 

I have a dreamDream of heaven
Dream of success
Dream of happiness

I have a dream‚ 
A Dream to become 
What I want to become‚ 
Dream of my coming

I have a dream‚ 
Dream to freedom
Dream of enlightenment 
Dreaming endlessly.”(Lawrence CH Hiun)

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    through memories to looking at it through shards of broken glass – one cannot look at one complete picture and is thereby left to piece the memory together themselves. The final quote looks at the mismatch between the narrator’s mother’s memory of Angela Vicario’s auspiciousness and the narrator’s own recollection of her “helpless air and a poverty of spirit”. More than just relating to memory‚ the quotes provided reveal

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    Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many novels. This dream is different for different people; but‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ for Jay‚ the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; and‚ in order to do this

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    What is the American Dream? Many define the American Dream as achieving great success no matter what their circumstances are or their place of origin. It is still possible to achieve the American Dream? One side of the issue is the argument that the dream was never exist‚ the side saying it no longer attainable for many American due to the different global forces. However I believe the American Dream is still possible‚ if we implement some change by lowering taxes on the poor and raising on rich

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    the American Dream For an immigrant‚ the American Dream is to achieve economic well-being and a good quality of life through hard work‚ entrepreneurship‚ and perseverance. It is the driving force behind most immigration‚ and its realization is the achievement dimension of the American Dream to reach to the fullest life. What is the American dream? And how can one pursue it? Does it still exist‚ or is it over? Carl Thomas’s article “ Is the American Dream Over?‚” states that the American Dream

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    American Dream The American Dream to me seems like it’s overused. To me the American Dream is just a made up term for a “normal dream” because all it is is wanting success. The American Dream is just wanting to have a job‚ have an education‚ and have a family. The American dream is mainly about being a success. To be a success is to make money‚ and the American dream is about making a lot of money. People want to make a lot of money because money can buy everything including any dream you had. But

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    credited for originating the term the “American Dream” in the early years of the Great Depression‚ but the hard work‚ dedication‚ and sacrifice it takes to accomplish the American Dream has been around since the early days of this nation’s history. The American Dream refers to “the belief that anyone‚ regardless of what class they were born into‚ can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone” (“American Dream”). It is precisely that upward mobility

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    American dream – part 1(history) * Many people from England fled to the New World during the late 1500s and early 1600s in pursuit of their American dream. Their country was in a state of economic‚ political‚ and religious tumult‚ and they saw great potential in the New World. So they came to the America to start a new life‚ and create their perfect society. These immigrants fled from oppressive societies. Religious turmoil in England was surely the main cause for the immigration. Furthermore

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    Some people might agree that the American dream still exists‚ while others don’t or they have different beliefs. The American dream is one of the most controversial themes in the United States. I totally agree that the American Dream is still on‚ though we need to work a little more to make it happen. I recently read a quote by Senator John Kerry that relates two articles that I have read in the past about the American dream: “We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as

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