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    The daily question asked all around is if the american dream is still attainable. There are many different opinions on the subject. Some believe that there is no way of attaining the american dream in this day and age. While others believe it is only unattainable for immigrants coming in. This is here so show you how it is still attainable no matter the generation or being an immigrant. The American Dream is still attainable for this generation and immigrants coming into the U.S. Around the U

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    was a post-war period‚ the young people of the twenties had a reason to be happy. After the war‚ America became infatuated with money and business. For this reason‚ the Jazz Age gave a taste of the American Dream to the people who lived in this time period (Hamilton 4-7). The American Dream is a dream in which an individual has the ability to start from nothing‚ work hard‚ and have success.

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    an american dream. He was a great dad to his kids and an awesome husband to his wife. The story about Adam Brown is one you’ll never forget. Adam had an eventful life‚ he was just a small kid with a big dream‚ an american dream. When Adam entered the room it just lit up. Adam was a small boy‚ but that didn’t stop him from playing sports. His love was football. His size did not matter his heart was bigger than everything. Adam was a key player for the Lake Hamilton Wolves. Adam had big dreams he

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    The American Dream [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] The American Dream Introduction The American dream can be defined as equality of opportunity and freedom that allows all U.S. residents reach their goals in life only with their effort and determination. Today‚ this idea first expressed in 1931 by James Truslow Adams‚ refers to that prosperity depends on your skills and your work‚ and not in a rigid social hierarchy‚ although the meaning of the phrase has changed throughout

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    hope The American Dream is a naïve belief; it lies in the ideas of unlimited opportunity‚ impractical levels of success‚ and a perfect life. This Dream is particularly alluring for the poor‚ and immigrants fleeing oppression. It speaks of freedom and opportunity‚ a land full of unimaginable possibilities and endless wonder. From early colonists who left Europe as peasants and outcasts to seek land and wealth‚ to present day illegal immigrants hoping for a better life‚ the American Dream has drawn

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    Why do people really come to the United States for? Many say it’s for the American dream but what is the American dream in reality? Why do some people even risk their life’s to come to the United States in order to obtain the American dream? For many people the American dream is the only hope that they have for a better future but not just for themselves but for their family as well. The American dream for many is the idea of having better opportunities of prosperity and success in this country.

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    Fitzgerald and the “American Dream” To some the American Dream is freedom‚ to others the American Dream is wealth and popularity. According to F. Scott Fitzgerald the American Dream was unattainable. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the twenties through the eyes of Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the novel. The American Dream has become a superficial environment in which people do not understand what is reality and what is fiction. The

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    Robinson‚ “The American Dream‚ the idea of the happy ending‚ is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment” (http://www.brainyquote.com). What Robinson is saying is that a lot of people expect to achieve the American Dream‚ i.e. happiness‚ through the accumulation of external things‚ meanwhile avoiding the true origins of happiness‚ which are internal. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby’s character also faces this dilemma as he reaches for the American Dream‚ believing that

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    Society’s Influence on the American Dream "Do as most do‚ and men will speak well of thee." [Thomas Fuller (1654-1734):Gnomologia] Men have a dream to improve their lives and better their social status but each man does not realize that he pursues this dream in hopes of pleasing others and not for his own well being. Fuller’s quotation demonstrates that people find success and social mobility if they act and do what others want them to do. The American dream of success and happiness can not be

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    to achieve personal fulfillment‚ and overall be successful; the basis of the American Dream. Regardless of where you are born or what class you’re in‚ you have the possibility of moving upward. Both native-born Americans and American immigrants pursue and can achieve the American dream. Now‚ many think that the American dream has died‚ or is progressively dying as time goes on. Even still‚ for some the American dream is still very much real‚ and very much a goal for them. These people are the poor

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