October 2014 The American Dream: It’s Your Choice Americans have the opportunity to make our own decisions. The dictionary defines the American Dream as the ideals of freedom‚ equality and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. With this definition in mind‚ a person should not base their American Dream on the ideas of others. The American Dream is a flexible concept that can fit the individual expectations of many different Americans. I believe the American Dream is a social
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American Dream 1 American Dream vs. European Dream American Dream 2 American Dream vs. European Dream What is the American Dream? The American Dream is not something we ’ve invented but inherited
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It is the force that propelled the Europeans across the Atlantic Ocean to settle into the first American colonies‚ the Westward push that sent thousands of Americans to new territory atop cart and buggy in search of riches‚ the allure that drew people from farms into the city and sparked the industrial revolution: The American Dream. The term embodies the right of each and every American to freedom and to the opportunity for prosperity and success. The Death of a Salesman details the story of Willy
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The American Opportunity: Illusion or Reality? The world has a perception of America that it is a land full of equal opportunity and success. However‚ that idea has become more of an illusion of America since that idea came into effect. Carlin‚ John. "Illusions of Opportunity: The American Dream in Question." New Statesman (1996) 1998: 45. Literature Resource Center. Web. 5 Nov. 2015. John Carlin begins with an insult to leftists in American. He states‚ “If you limited your reading to books by
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During the nineteenth century Americans saw a new opportunity of new possessions. “Instead of treading outlying areas as colonial outposts‚ American nation state builders turned them into new provinces” (Pollard et al‚ 2015‚ p. 609). With rifles‚ railroads‚ schools‚ frontiers and land surveys the North and South American societies were able to expand. The United States territorial expansion provided a means of unifying the country as well as bringing prosperity to the white farmer. Even though it
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hates you‚ are you the villain. John steinbeck describes a world where the american dream is impossible to have. Steinbeck paints a black and white‚ depression portrait of America in the 1930s‚Steinbeck reveals the struggles of living during the great depression.Of mice and men steinbeck tells the story of how people try to obtain their american dream but fail‚ which leaves the reader wonder was it possible for the american dream to come true. The story Mice and Men curley’s wife is not allowed to leave
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he American Dream described by most people‚ is the ability to come from nothing and to achieve success by the help of America and its opportunities. The American Dream offers a way out to everyone. The “Declaration of Independence” proposed by Thomas Jefferson and the “ I Have A Dream” speech by Martin Luther King‚ both address and discuss the American Dream. We are stated by “The Declaration of Independence”‚ that “all men are created equal -- they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
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American dream‚ by definintion an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especialty material prosperity. Back when this country was first founded‚ the American dream was all about a better opportunity with chances to move up in life and live better. Back then they also stressed family values and having a close family. Now a days the American dream has changed to more materialistic stuff and bigger houses and faster cars. Does many bring happiness or does it bring destruction?
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Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many novels. This dream is different for different people; but‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ for Jay‚ the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; and‚ in order to do this
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What is the American Dream? Many define the American Dream as achieving great success no matter what their circumstances are or their place of origin. It is still possible to achieve the American Dream? One side of the issue is the argument that the dream was never exist‚ the side saying it no longer attainable for many American due to the different global forces. However I believe the American Dream is still possible‚ if we implement some change by lowering taxes on the poor and raising on rich
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