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    The American Dream The American dream‚ some say it’s impossible to reach‚ others say it’s the true achievement in life. The struggles to the American Dream are lack of money‚ trust and honesty‚ and lack of time. These are the biggest struggles the come with the American dream. These struggles can take almost a whole life time to behold upon. One of the American Dream’s struggles is the lack of money because things come at an expenses. Food‚ water‚ clothes‚ a home‚ they all come at a certain price

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    Was the American Dream really designed for everyone? The American Dream was known as something everyone aspired to. In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ author John Steinbeck sets the book in California‚ near the Soledad River. Steinbeck uses several characters as a way to spark different perspectives in the novel. One of the main characters‚ Lennie‚ is known to have a mental disability by the reader. One of the main roles he shows is presenting the conflict in the novel. Because Lennie is known to cause

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    After retaking the LASSI I have noticed a considerable amount of improvement as well as regression. In the beginning of the year‚ I vowed to myself that I would become a better student. I wanted to maximize all of my abilities in order to be successful. So‚ after I took my first LASSI and had my talk with Mac‚ I began to implement new strategies meant to help me accomplish my goal. First I had to deal with my anxiety. In past years I suffered with a lot of anxiety while learning math. I used to love

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    In the year 2000‚ the “American Dream” was survival for me and my family and my wish finally coming true. It was a way to escape. A way to finally be able to live a normal life with hope that our dreams would become reality. As an immigrant‚ I felt misunderstood and out of place at such a young age. Being the only kid in my class who did not speak english was definitely

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    theme in the novel is the American Dream‚ the ability to become rich from very poor or the idea that all things are possible in America. The American Dream says that anyone can succeed in life. Anyone who works hard‚ and pursues the ultimate goal of happiness‚ can‚ and will‚ live a fulfilling life. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald uses the character of Gatsby to critique the idea of the American Dream. He uses Gatsby because‚ although he is an example of the American Dream‚ in the way that he went

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    to dream about the American Dream American have so many different things‚but the most thing that people think of when they come to America‚the America Dream. American Dream mean to people;they get money‚ they have a loving and a healthy family.The American Dream is possible for those people who work hard for a better life with a home and loving family. If people don’t work hard and are lazy‚they won’t succeed in the American Dream. In my appointed I seen people don’t succeed in the American Dream

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    What is the American Dream? Since the start of the twentieth century America has attracted people all over the world to relocate and start a new life. For many coming to America was a chance for a better life and new things. They all had something in common‚ they all had a dream‚ that dream was the "American Dream". In the present day the desire to achieve the dream hasn’t changed. However‚ the idea of the American Dream‚ brings up a lot of questions. What is the American Dream? Who defines it

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    The American Dream Over the course of time‚ the term “The American Dream” has changed. Although the goal for many who come to America has remained the same. That goal is to make their mark on these great lands and better themselves in away that could not be accomplished in their home land. To live a life that is filled with many opportunities for the user to succeed. An excellent example of this is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ written in the 1920’s but shows many different views of the

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    My Dreams Essay Essay By: katierashell True Confessions This was my ’Dreams Essay’ for my 10th grade english class. View table of contents... Submitted: Feb 17‚ 2011    Reads: 12912    Comments: 4   Likes: 0   Dreams Essay“We are the music makers‚And we are the dreamer of dreams‚Wandering by lone sea-breakers‚And sitting by desolate streams‚On whom the pale moon gleams‚Yet we are the movers and shakers‚Of the world forever‚ it seems.”-Ode‚ by Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy (First stanza)A

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    friend once told me that he was “living the Dream”. But what exactly is “the Dream”? Now the Dream to my friend may have been waking up late down at the beach‚ partying all night with girls‚ living without a care in the world‚ but nevertheless it was still “living the dream” to him. We all having different perceptions of what “the Dream” really is. Of course my friends dream would differ greatly from‚ let’s say‚ my fathers dream‚ or Tiger Woods dream for instance. That’s the beauty of living

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