What is the “American Dream”? Is it something that was taught in elementary school? Is it an unattainable thought of one’s erroneous perception of reality? Can this “American Dream” be obtained? The “American Dream has traditionally meant families and individuals live a superior life. For a variety of different people‚ “American Dream” could mean massive houses‚ elaborate cars‚ high salary jobs‚ or even the simple right to voice his/her opinion‚ opportunity to vote‚ no judgement on their race or
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American Dream and My Perspective What is your definition of the American Dream? The idea of an American dream is older than the US and actually started in the 1600s. Back then‚ the American Dream was your ideal perfect life‚ your goals and your happiness. Many of these dreams focused on owning land and establishing a prosperous business that theoretically‚ at least would increase one ’s happiness. Has society changed? Has the definition of the American Dream changed? Is the American Dream even alive
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want to live our life. The American Dream‚ as first introduced by James Truslow Adams‚ suggested critical goals that the people should follow in life. The idea revolves around the objective is to be able to have a rich‚ luxurious life while given many opportunities regardless of who you are. However‚ the American Dream is reducing due to the choices of the modern generations. To begin with‚ in the 2nd source‚ an article titled The Downsized of the American Dream by Marianne Cooper‚ states the while
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American Dream: Joy Luck Club The American Dream represents diverse aspects of the millions of people in the United States. Being different for every individual person‚ the dream has no way of really being categorized or labeled under a single thought or idea neither can it be considered good nor bad. Amy Tan underlies her book Joy Luck Club with the American Dream message‚ how it is different for each person‚ how it disappoints them and also how the dream allowed them to find their true selves
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American Dream Achievable? “The American Dream” phrase was coined in 1931‚ used to describe why people what to come to America or what they want to achieve in America. However‚ the American Dream is difficult‚ almost rarely achieved. Many have access to it but do not fulfill their entire goal they wished to accomplish. Some say it is forever happiness‚ other say it is money. Whatever their dream may be‚ it is all just a game of success of the fortunate. First of all‚ the American Dream can be accessible
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showing the American Dream. Which is the notion that there is “a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.” Though how do the characters in the book represent the notion of the American Dream? Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to represent the American Dream and that people will go to great lengths to achieve it. Before the argument can be made about Gatsby being a representation of the American Dream there must first be a description on what the American Dream actually entails. The
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Anthony Leoentti August 30‚ 2011 Block 5 Derek Green The American Dream The American dream is the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did. One definition of the American dream is to make good money‚ be successful‚ and live in luxury; additionally‚ living with freedom of everything is living the American dream. One definition of the American dream is to make good money‚ be successful‚ and live in luxury. An example of this definition would be the famous Steve
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The History According to many people‚ The American Dream “is an idea that suggests that anyone in the US can succeed through hard work and has the potential to lead a happy‚ successful life.” Over the course of many years‚ the definition of the American Dream has changed‚ but was first publicly defined in 1931. Documents like the Declaration of Independence protects the American Dream by stating values which are protected by law. Alexis de Tocqueville‚ a French historian‚ studied American society
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The American Dream is one of the most subjective ideals of the American persona. It is generally defined as the house in the suburbs with the whitewashed picket fence. However‚ one of the key components of the American Dream is that it changes every generation. Millennials and the iGeneration no longer desire a house in the suburbs with a white picket fence. These most recent generations have an American Dream about living comfortably within the city while they continue to have access to constantly
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Society questions if the American Dream is available to everyone. The ideal American Dream is for every American citizen to have an equal opportunity for wealth and prosperity. Settlers have come to America looking for gold and land‚ so they labor to gain their fortunes. America also industrializes and grows due to the workers labor for wealth and land. More jobs are formed through industrialization for people to gain their American Dreams. However‚ society still questions if everyone is given an
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