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    United States of America in search of the popular term “The American Dream”‚ which purely consists of equality‚ freedom‚ and opportunities that were not available in their homeland. Today‚ The American Dream is still a reality and is still possible to achieve through pure dedication and perseverance. Some more than others‚ have the drive to lead themselves into successful lives and achieve their personal dreams. The American Dream is very achievable even with today’s standards of upper class

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    The American Dream Looking at society today‚ the American Dream is a hoax; it is a belief that exists only in our imagination‚ trying to keep people on track and in the right direction. In past years‚ the American Dream was not only a belief but a promise to the American people. A promise that if you worked hard‚ went to school and got a degree‚ you were promised a good job which in turn brought you wealth‚ a nice house‚ a full family‚ and all the cliché ideas of the perfect life. These days

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    English GT 9 17 December 2012 American Dream Analysis “People are so busy dreaming the American Dream‚ fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be‚ that they’re all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.” (King‚ Florence.) Is this statement not showing the reality of the world during the time of the Great Depression? The American Dream was created with the promise of land‚ success‚ and prosperity. It gave the people of America the hope to believe

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    The American Dream The American Dream has been interpreted in a multitude of ways. According to Dictionary.com‚ the American Dream is defined as‚ "the ideals of freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American". For many‚ like the older generations‚ this is true. However‚ there are a large group that expect more from their American Dream. For those people‚ wealth is most important to them. They believe that they can buy freedom‚ equality‚ and happiness when

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    The American Dream Every person’s belief or thought on what the American dream is‚ differs from anybody else’s. To me the American dream would be that everybody could get into collage cause most cant afford it and cant even get a scholarship cause not a lot of people are getting into collage because of the price of it people who get into collage are lucky they could if you had a child that wanted to go into collage and you didn’t have money would you like to tell your child that she cant

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    Two Professor Van Camp The American Dream For many years people have immigrated to the United States in search of “The American dream.” But what is The American Dream? Well‚ I believe that is completely up the individual. The American dream may mean different things to different people‚ however‚ to me; the American dream is the right to an education‚ for all American‚ without the worry of having wealth‚ or the means to pay for that education. Shikha Dalmia‚ “Americans‚ hit first by outsourcing and

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    People from across the nation have proven through their own experiences that the American Dream can be achieved. The American Dream is reaching what we dreamed of accomplishing our entire life and more. It is having an enormous dream house‚ having the newest car‚ having a huge‚ happy family‚ and having the career we have dreamed of since we were a kid. Barack Obama‚ for example‚ is America’s first African American president‚ and Sonia Maria Sotomayor‚ is America’s first

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    Two writers who come quickly to my mind whenever I hear or see images of American patriotism are John Steinbeck and Hunter S. Thompson. As different as these two men are‚ their writing is similar in that the American Dream constantly fails their characters. Both seek to define America and the American Dream‚ however‚ it remains seemingly elusive‚ and both writers fail to find it. I choose Steinbeck and Thompson because‚ to me‚ their writing styles are the same. They have the same lust for language

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    The American Dream & Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” While the American Dream is different for everyone‚ it is most associated with the hope and belief that one can achieve success and freedom in the United States‚ which leads to happiness. America would provide the opportunity for people to grow and have a prosperous life with a lot of money‚ a good job‚ and expensive possessions. However‚ there is much debate whether or not such a “dream” of a life is possible. While many in today’s society

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    The American Dream | Are we really living the dream | Quintaria Manuel 10/22/2012 | All Americans are affected by today’s economy. I have asked many people do they feel as if they are living the American dream and some have said “yes” and some have said “no”. Many people fight from birth to get the dream. There have been leaders who have had the same dream one in particular

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