The American dream is something that people all over the world yearn for. They long to leave their native countries and come to America to escape religious persecution‚ unstable government‚ or something similar. Even well-established American citizens can have an American dream of their own. Many young adults‚ myself included‚ dream of a successful life where we work hard for what we wish to have. While many foreigners’ American dreams are of a life of freedom in the “Land of Opportunity”‚ my American
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Mary Smith The Meaning of Life According to the definition at Google.com‚ the American dream is defined as “the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did.”(WordNet) This term is often heard or uttered everyday whether you realize it or not. You typically don’t hear “American dream” everyday but you hear about people’s goals and achievements in life. The American dream has many perspectives. For example‚ the web definition is going to be completely different from
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Perspective of the American Dream What are the different views of the American Dreams? According to the author everyone could have an American Dream but having the fancy car and a big house is not exactly the American Dream. Clark states “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each according to the ability and achievement”. This quote shows that everyone has the right to have the American dream all you have to do is want it and
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The American Dream is often connected with people who have astonishing dreams and who managed to actually live out such dreams. For almost all Americans‚ this entails earning a college degree‚ gaining a good job‚ buying a house‚ and starting a family. Just like Americans born here‚ immigrants dream for a hope of a better life. Immigrants have different motives for coming to America. As Yuliya Sandler‚ an immigrant from Ukraine in the late ‘90s‚ said‚ “One of the main reasons [to come to this country]
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The American Dream We hear the term American Dream referenced many times in our lives‚ but do we really know what the American Dream is? Is it having more money and more power than everyone else? Is it moving to Hollywood and becoming a famous movie star? What is the American Dream? According to James Truslow Adams‚ the author of the book The Epic of America‚ 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
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I Have a Dream Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech has become one of the most famous‚ most quoted and most influential speeches of all time. He spoke about the racial injustice in The United States of America‚ and inspired people all over the world‚ even five decades after the fact. In the speech‚ King used many figures of speech‚ all of which assisted in making it as memorable as it is. By being an experienced public speaker King made people all over the country – and the world – see
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The American Dream In the past it was possible for a working person to have a decent job‚ buy a home‚ get a car‚ and have their children go to school. The American Dream is a set of national ideals‚ like having a decent job and owning a home‚ basically prosperity‚ that are achieved through personal ability and opportunity. Today people would argue that the American Dream is still alive and feasible‚ however‚ the increasing difficulty to achieve common social goals‚ that are often referred to in
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King Jr’s I Have A Dream speech‚ he caters to the creativity and the problems of the nation by presenting his goal as a dream. His dream‚ or goal‚ was to abolish the segregation of the 1960’s. Dreams are most commonly seen as the goals‚ aspirations‚ and lifestyles that we hope for ourselves. Dr‚ King wanted the people to see that he wasn’t going to sugarcoat any of the terrible treatments or misconducts placed on the black community. He knew that what he was working towards was just a dream of that
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American Dream The American Dream to me seems like it’s overused. To me the American Dream is just a made up term for a “normal dream” because all it is is wanting success. The American Dream is just wanting to have a job‚ have an education‚ and have a family. The American dream is mainly about being a success. To be a success is to make money‚ and the American dream is about making a lot of money. People want to make a lot of money because money can buy everything including any dream you had. But
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that experiences REM sleep has a dream even if they do not recall what it was. Since the dawn of man‚ we have contemplated the significance of our dreams‚ and whether or not they signify something we strongly desire. The American Dream is the ultimate dream; it can be anything one desires: freedom‚ peace‚ wealth‚ family‚ stability‚ love‚ and more. In society today‚ any American has the possibility to attain the American Dream because a number of renowned figures have done so‚ individuals in America
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