The American Dream has a different meaning for all who believe in it‚ but at its core is the idea of personal elevation. Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby seems to have experienced the loftiest possible version of the American Dream by rapidly rising from destitution to opulence‚ but he sees his life as yet unsatisfactory because it lacks the love and companionship of Daisy‚ who is as much a part of Gatsby’s American Dream as wealth. Willy Loman‚ the protagonist of Arthur
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ARTICLE IN PRESS doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203182 Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 9 (2009) 500–505 www.icvts.org State-of-the-art - Cardiac general Robot-assisted cardiac surgery Paul Modi‚ Evelio Rodriguez‚ W. Randolph Chitwood Jr.* East Carolina Heart Institute‚ East Carolina University‚ Pitt County Memorial Hospital‚ 600 Moye Boulevard‚ Greenville‚ NC 27834‚ USA Received 10 February 2009; received in revised form 5 June 2009; accepted 7 June 2009 Summary Recognition
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Demystifying an American Dream “What Happens to a dream differed? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun / Or fester like a sore- / etc. And then run? / Does it stink like rotten meat? / Or crust with sugar over- / like a syrupy sweet? / Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load / Or does it explode?” -------- Langston Hughes American Dream was a term that first appeared in James Truslow Adams’s The Epic of America‚ where he states The American Dream is "that dream of a land in which
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How we define the American Dream? The American Dream derives from the Declaration of Independence‚ which states that “all men are created equal” and they have “certain unalienable rights.” The American Dream‚ coined by James Adams in 1931‚ proposed that all citizens can live a “better‚ richer‚ and happier life.” I think President Roosevelt supports Adam’s idea of the American Dream in the speech The Four Freedoms‚ which he introduced the four points of freedom: Freedom of speech and expression‚
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The phrase‚ the “American Dream” means that the person that would like to achieve that goal of success in some form. Generally‚ people want success dealing with wealth and well-being. In The Winter of our Discontent the want for the “American Dream” does exist in some way. Ethan’s dream included wealth and power. When Ethan is offered his first bribe his need for the “American Dream” increases. Ethan‚ a man with morals‚ suddenly becomes someone who will do anything to achieve success. He reported
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the American Dream can be achieved by everyone. Some people believe that the American Dream is having a good job‚ owning a home‚ having a great family‚ and having freedom. The way of succeeding this is by “hard work‚ drive and passion¨(Tommy Hilfiger-1). Most people believe these are ways of achieving their American Dream. But there are some people that feel differently. Their way to achieve the American Dream can be much more ambitious. Everyone has an American dream. Your American Dream is yours no
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The Existence of the American Dream Before 1863 Often the American Dream is discussed as an idea of prosperity‚ glory‚ fame. But what is the American Dream exactly? The American Dream is a “social ideal that stresses egalitarianism (human equality) and especially material prosperity” (Merriam-Webster). The existence of the American Dream is highly debated among historians and anthropologists alike‚ but as an idea and a goal of America‚ it definitively does exist. In early America‚ its existence
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Loman shows his version of the American Dream. The most obvious way is him thinking that any man who is manly‚ good looking‚ charismatic‚ and well-liked deserves success and will naturally achieve it. Willy Loman buys into the dream so thoroughly that he ignores the tangible things around him‚ such as the love of his family‚ and imposes this dream on his boys who become paralyzed by the falseness of it. In the end‚ Willy demonstrates that the American Dream can also turn a human being into a product
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American Dream: The Idea that Pervades Society The American dream is the longing of success that means a happy family and equal opportunity to go from rags to riches‚ through hard work. This idea is scene in a lot of places. On the picture by Margaret White‚ the poster proclaims: World’s Highest Standard of Living-There is no way like the American Way”. Or the headline of the newspaper story is “The American Dream‚ the subtitle is Doing Well by Doing Good.” Examples of the American dream are almost
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In discussion of American dreams‚ one controversial issue is that Cal Thomas‚ the panelist on Fox News‚ claims that it is the dysfunctional government and unstrained liberalism that cause the end of American dreams‚ but the principle of American culture and the awareness of what got us here will help us to get back on the right track. On the other hand‚ Brandon King‚ a student of university of Cincinnati‚ argues that the American dreams are still alive. What is more‚ it is the inequality that ruin
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