The American Dream is a romanticized concept. At the time of its origin‚ it symbolized the cherished qualities of hard work and achievement. Originally available only to landowning white males‚ the American Dream has expanded over the years to fit the variety of the American population‚ and it is still growing. Education has provided tools for advancement in the economic hierarchy and has allowed our views on justice and morality to evolve as our awareness of the world around us increases. The
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Slavery‚ as America knew it 1860 change with the election of the Republican President‚ Abraham Lincoln. The South wanted to expand slavery to the West while the republican party wanted to prohibit the expansion of slave states. Emancipation of the slaves and expanding slavery westward had been an emerging conflict between the North and South for some time. The South vowed to withdraw from the Union if Lincoln claimed victory. The Confederate leaders believe that if Republican abolitionists won‚ they
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Westward Expansion before 19th Century American history was powerfully influenced throughout the 19th century by the steady push west and the development of the Western frontier. This began of course with the establishment of the first English colonies beginning with Jamestown (1607). At the time the Western Frontier was just a few miles up the James River. Gradually the Western Frontier was seen as the Appalachian Mountains. The British effort to close off the land beyond the Appalachians was one
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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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America was founded on the discovery and exploration of the frontier. For years there was a real American dream‚ and frontier to discover; but‚ as Frederick Turner argues‚ later as Americans settled further and further west‚ eventually there is no where further to settle. Struggling Americans are tricked into believing if something goes terribly wrong they can go to the frontier and discover new land‚ settle and build a life for themselves‚ but in reality there is no place in America like
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In Spreading the American Dream: American Economic and Cultural Expansion‚ 1890-1945‚ author Emily S. Rosenberg introduces to us how the United States shared its unique liberal economy and culture with the world. In her introduction‚ she illustrates the 1893 Chicago World Colombian Exposition and the ideology of liberal developmentalism and gives the reasoning behind the cultural imperialism. Rosenberg does not focus on the reaction to the “Americanizing”‚ but chooses to focus on the reasoning and
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The American Dream Essay James Adams wrote in his book the phrase American Dream which is now a famous logo of the U.S. The American Dream is the hope which individuals arrived the United States upon‚ the hope that they will be more prosperous and there will be a variety of opportunities in the United States of America‚ today this is not possible to everyone because becoming prosperous is really difficult and there might not be a job awaiting the individual due to the unemployment rate but it was
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Tsukiyama Shuu was the kind of man that always got what he wanted no matter what‚ he’d tear down a forest of men to reach his goal. He was a connoisseur of a variety of things‚ mostly the classical arts of literature and music‚ but most intensely with food. Being a ghoul made it relatively difficult for Tsukiyama to be much of a connoisseur‚ but the thrill of the chase was a large part of the fun. Finding someone that took his fancy and meticulously planning out the hunt and capture‚ he enjoyed
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The American dream as defined in 1940’s is “That dream of land in which life should be better richer and fuller with the opportunity for each ability or achievement (Ameado 1).” This relates to Willy Loman in the pursuit of happiness by the amount of stress it takes to run a household and keep all the bills paid. What makes it harder is with the new generation and all the modern technology which results in more stress to Willy. This is because he is part of the older generation and really does not
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The Tragic Misinterpretation of the 1920s American Dream The 1920s exemplified the flaws of the American Dream and the tragic misinterpretation that money outweighed hard work and morals. The Great Gatsby‚ set in the 1920s‚ represents the demise of the traditions and values behind the American Dream as the desire to be rich took over. The novel appears to deal with the failed relationship of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan‚ however the overall theme has to do with the culture of the 1920s and the
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