The American dream is a term used in a lot of ways. Although research has shown that American dream can’t be attainable by most people‚ closer examination shows that it can be attainable by the following reasons. As Daniel J. Mitchell stated in New York Times im January 1st‚ 2015 “The United States is not a perfect country‚ but the American Dream is still a reality.” By that he meant that even with America’s Grow rate‚ poverty‚ unemployment rate in the past years and still going Americans can still
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of a Dream For years many immigrant parents have told their children about their journey for the American Dream and how they have worked hard to give their children a better life with more opportunities. In the article “Is the American Dream Over?” Thomas states‚ “One might reasonably expect a new generation to achieve a better life than their parents and grandparents experienced. But what defines “better”.” How does the American Dream give people better lives? I believe that the American Dream
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The Central Meaning of American Dream Immigration started to seeking for their possible future likely for more than 400 years‚ when the first group of immigrants on the ship Mayflower came to the “New World”‚ a place that offered much more freedom than their original home. The English pilgrims came to the land to seek their freedom in religion. In modern day‚ the meaning for being an American are more than just dreams‚ future‚ opportunity and freedom. The people who immigrated to America in
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The American Dream in Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men takes place in the 1930’s of America during the Great Depression where the american dream was rarely reached and the land of fortune had become the land of misfortune. It was during this time that many farmers best hope for a new life lied in California.This vision has been extremely manipulated in the 20th century to fit the new standerads of Americans‚ which are greedy and selfish. The main characters opinions in the book Of Mice and
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The Death of the American Dream in the Great Gatsby World War I brought out the deepest‚ darkest‚ most malignant tendencies of human nature. Young men died in the thousands on the battlefield‚ martyrs of a wanton cause. 1920’s American society mirrored the Great War’s atmosphere of excess. The newly wealthy class‚ in onslaught‚ threw lavish parties and indulged in sexual promiscuity as exorbitance became the new state religion. Traditional values‚ including that of the American Dream‚ seemed to crumble;
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The American Dream: Dead Or Alive? Many think the American Dream is dead but is it still a possible one? The famous American dream is the ideal that every citizen in the United States has an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination and the ability to initiate things independently. Today‚ many people emigrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream. The American Dream is both a reality and as said‚ a dream. Every citizen of the U
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In the book Crime and the American Dream there are many values that shape our country for the American heros (honest citizens who do honorable deeds for the society) and American villains (criminals who do great harms to the society). “The term American Dream was introduced in the early 1930s by a historian named James Truslow Adams to describe his vision of a society open to individual achievement” (Messner and Rosenfeld‚ 6). By the introducing this term to the American people it gave them a whole
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Synthesizing the American Dream Everyone wants to achieve the American Dream‚ no matter who they are. It is a big part of the culture in The United States. The American Dream is where American citizens‚ or even immigrants from another country try to fulfill their own dreams of a successful life. That could include things like: a well-paying job‚ being financially stable‚ having a happy family‚ having their own house‚ etc. America does not provide the American Dream to the “tired‚ the poor‚ and
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The Deception of The American Dream The unemployment rate has climbed ten percent in the last five years‚ that means there are currently 9‚237‚000 people unemployed in the United States. Which raises the question‚ is the American Dream real? The American Dream is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative. Some may argue that out of the 318.9 million people residing in the US‚ only a small fraction
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an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative". This how people define the American Dream and over the course of history people have traveled all over the world searching for their own American Dream. They want a better life‚ with better things either physically or mentally. Certainly‚ the American Dream has changed over time‚ it was the same for everyone in the past. Most people wanted to find their soul mate‚ or the one that they would
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