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    Decline of American Dream

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    American dream in “Great Gatsby”. Gatsby is a hero of the novel "The Great Gatsby’’ written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Gatsby’s fate ironically alter medieval story Quest for the Holy Grail. The difference is that his travels and exploits lead Gatsby to a tragic outcome. This story also criticizes the "American Dream." This had now degenerated into a perversion and no longer exists in the original pursuit of freedom and happiness‚ but the desire for wealth and power. Furthermore‚ aspects

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    Notes on American Literature

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    01.10.2007 · American literature begins with native Americans – orally passed: songs‚ myths‚ poetry (later translated into English) · complex‚ multilingual beginning Important figures: · Sir Walter Raleigh – traveler‚ Elizabeth’s I lover‚ poet‚ soldier‚ died in Tower of London. A famous English writer‚ poet‚ courtier and explorer. He was responsible for establishing the second English colony in the New World (after Newfoundland was established by Sir Humphrey Gilbert nearly one year previously

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    The American Dream is a philosophy that start in the 19th century referring to migrating to a place where rich men and poor men could stand on the same footing. In the 19th century many German immigrants were coming to America in hopes of settling where ever they please without a passport and pursue a living. Most were fleeing Germany to avoid the “right of birth” or royal hierarchy and the corruption that lied within it. In the 20th century the American Dream became known as the California Dream

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    The American Dream is a combination of both. Stereotypically‚ the American Dream is to marry the perfect someone‚ move to a suburban house with a white picketed fence‚ have kids that attend private school‚ both parents work and do not have to worry about financial issues. Although in the 1920’s the idea of the American Dream was exaggerated to match the glamour and luxury of the era also known as the Roaring Twenties. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby exposes and emphasizes the American Dream

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    American Dream: Reality or a Dream? By Maria Algarra Do you think the American dream still provides to the poor‚ tired‚ and huddle masses? I think America still provides access to everybody who steps foot on this country. Today many people immigrate to the United States in search of the American dream. The American dream have made millions of people from other countries to come to America to have a new and better life of freedom

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    Please show how Segregation shaped the lives of African Americans during the time frame 1870-1920. Please examine all faucet of society under slavery to support your argument. In the year of 1870‚ it was the re invention of slavery. America could not be built without economic. The south was still a negative place and they failed to accept blacks. After decades of discrimination‚ the voting rights act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels

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    The American Dream Ethos

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    lofty high rises and six figure salaries. Yet if you asked most youth and working class citizens about how they view the future you’d get bitterness and uncertainty rather than hope and joy and in their voices. The American dream has constructed and enforced an idealized concept due to the emotional and physical barriers in the economy‚ politics‚ and it’s portrayal in the media. The American dream is a national ethos of the United States. In the colonial days‚ it was easier to hold the right of freedom

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    American Dream Changes

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    My definition of the American Dream is that everyone is equal. Everybody deserves to live life the way they want to and their dreams should always come true. In a typical lifestyle‚ the American Dream will change often as you get older. As a young child you seem to be more interested in playing with toys or going in bouncy castles and to playgrounds. As a teenager‚ technology steals lots of your attention‚ spending time with friends and staying out all night at bonfires and things like that. When

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    The Great American Dream

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    The great American Dream The American dream‚ a dream that every citizen in America has right to when they are born. The American dream a principle handed out to everyone. . In the Great Gatsby the American dream is one of the main and many subject themes of the book. In which Gatsby himself is dealing molding and creating his own American dream. The American dream is a reoccurring theme throught the Great Gatsby‚ the context of the book

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    The phenomenon of American dream is widely known all around the world. Although‚ there is no clear definition or precise interpretation of the term‚ almost every human being dreams about it. The essay is to set out to discuss what the American dream is and how it is understood. The idea of of American Dream is deeply embodied in American history. Its first traces are ob-served in the times of frontier life in XIX century when many settlers risked their life to find better living conditions for

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