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    my american dream

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    My American Dream is to have a successful job‚ have a beautiful house/mansion and have a family but basically it is to live in peace‚ freedom‚ and wealth to take care of ourselves and well education so that my children may have a better life. The American Dream is define as achieving happiness through moral comfort and ability through hard work and determination that eventually will rewards us with wealth and status. Most people come to the United Stated to achieve their American Dream. In America

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    The American Dream Gatsby

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    The American Dream is as open ended an idea as any. Some will answer it is the freedom of religion‚ class or race‚ others will claim it is about the ability to choose where they want to work‚ what they want to wear‚ or what’s for breakfast the next day. The American Dream in itself is just to give hope. Hope for something better. For Jay Gatsby and many others‚ the American Dream is about gaining wealth and material possessions in an attempt to find happiness. Throughout his novel‚ The Great Gatsby

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    American Dream- Gatsby

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    American Dream According to the definition of the American dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931‚ “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. Typically‚ the dreamer aspires to rise from rags to riches‚ ultimately achieving a high status‚ wealth‚ and power that can lead to the top. The American dream has changed over time‚ although the concept of it is still based on

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    The Collapse of the American Dream Prosperity‚ job security‚ hard work and family union are some of the concepts that involves the American Dream‚ generally speaking. Some people think this dream is something automatically granted; or in contrast‚ as in the story "Death of a Salesman" written by Arthur Miller‚ as something that has to be achieved in order to be successful in life. The play takes issues with those in America who place to much stress on material gain‚ instead of more admirable

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    American Dream Every immigrant moved to the USA in search of the American dream about a wonderful chance to change their lives. Nevertheless‚ rarely was the American dream as perfect as they expected; on the contrary‚ sometimes it could be totally opposite. Being an immigrant‚ I have experienced many difficulties which were not easy to overcome. Coming to the USA one year ago‚ just like every other immigrant‚ I considered it an awesome opportunity achieve my dream. I yearned for an easy life

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    American Dream Equality

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    Rachael Guster Eng101-36 10-20-2010 Equality‚ the American dream What is the American dream? The American dream to me is about equality. People have been wanting‚ fighting to be equal for many years‚ and it has turned into a game of tug-of-war. Today‚ people have made progress in treating other people equally‚ but we have to look at the timeline of what we went through to get to where we are today. In the 1770’s‚ when there were only thirteen colonies

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    People across America and the world hear their whole lives about the American Dream. I interpret the Dream as freedom to say‚ do‚ belief‚ and live as you want. Oversees they believe the same as I said previously‚ but they would add that the Dream also consists of helping their family survive. There are many different type of ethnicities that try to get into the United States‚ but we as a country set levels of how many of a certain ethnicity are allowed into our country. The current quota of immigrants

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    Asian American Dreams

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    review about Asian American Dreams Asian American Dreams is really a touching book. It is touching not because it is a fiction with many moving plots and the hero or heroin possesses moving characteristics --- strictly speaking it is not a fiction --- but because it provides a description‚ a statement‚ a confession from the perspective of an Asian American woman writer who exposes so unelaborated‚ so frankly‚ so honestly‚ her innocent feelings about her being as an Asian American. Helen Zia‚ the

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    American Dream Meaning

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    Death of a Salesman The term "American Dream" has many diverse meanings. For some‚ it may be to become wealthy and live in big houses. For others‚ it could be to simply live a productive life that contributes to society. Wanting to live the "American Dream" is the conflict in this novel that opens the doors to many interpretations that can be related to wanting to be successful. The setting of "Death of a Salesman" takes place in 2 major time frames. The story is told mostly

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    Writing 100 October 28‚ 2009 Essay 2 Recipe for the American Dream Since the establishment of this country‚ Americans have set their eyes on success. The way we define success has changed along with technology. 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 according to ability or achievement.”[1] When repeating this phrase out loud one draws up images of fancy cars‚ big houses‚ quality clothes

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