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    October 2014 The American Dream: It’s Your Choice Americans have the opportunity to make our own decisions. The dictionary defines the American Dream as the ideals of freedom‚ equality and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. With this definition in mind‚ a person should not base their American Dream on the ideas of others. The American Dream is a flexible concept that can fit the individual expectations of many different Americans. I believe the American Dream is a social

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    3. Why are stabilisation salts added to evaporated or condensed milks prior to heating? The heat stability of milk is of tremendous importance in the successful processing of milk and the manufacture of most dairy products. Appropriate application of heat becomes necessary not just for destruction of spore-resistant micro-organisms but also for the preservation of the most desirable product characteristics. However‚ milk should not coagulate on heating. Heat coagulation is chiefly caused by de-stabilization

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    the pursuit of happiness” (Jefferson)‚ is the root of The American Dream; however‚ James Truslow Adams‚ a historian and author‚ is often credited with the term “The American Dream” because of his book‚ The Epic of America. In this book he states: “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately‚ and

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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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    The Tragic Misinterpretation of the 1920s American Dream The 1920s exemplified the flaws of the American Dream and the tragic misinterpretation that money outweighed hard work and morals. The Great Gatsby‚ set in the 1920s‚ represents the demise of the traditions and values behind the American Dream as the desire to be rich took over. The novel appears to deal with the failed relationship of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan‚ however the overall theme has to do with the culture of the 1920s and the

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    The Great Gatsby’s American Dream Corrupption “There are those‚ I know‚ who will reply that the liberation of humanity‚ the freedom of man and. mind‚ is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream.” (Archibald MacLeish). This quote talks about how the American Dream is only a dream. The American is a life of personal happiness and material comfort‚ and is traditionally sought by the individuals in the U.S. It is only a fantasy. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows a great example

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    The American Opportunity: Illusion or Reality? The world has a perception of America that it is a land full of equal opportunity and success. However‚ that idea has become more of an illusion of America since that idea came into effect. Carlin‚ John. "Illusions of Opportunity: The American Dream in Question." New Statesman (1996) 1998: 45. Literature Resource Center. Web. 5 Nov. 2015. John Carlin begins with an insult to leftists in American. He states‚ “If you limited your reading to books by

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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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