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    Wieseman Hon. English 10 Dec. 18‚ 2012 Is Our American Dream Fading Away? The attainability and very existence of the American dream has been debated for many years. As the economy‚ politics‚ and social standings change‚ so do the expectations and beliefs about what the American dream should be and how one should go about achieving it. The main question involved in this debate is not so much whether the dream is alive or dead‚ but whether America’s dream can ever be fully realized. Even the most skeptic

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    The “American Dream” can be best described as happiness and living in the lap of luxury‚ but the “American Dream” is fictitious. Winter Dreams and The Swimmer both have characters‚ who try to achieve their own perception of the American Dream‚ but in the end‚ fail. The “American Dream” comes with a great cost. F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts that in his short story Winter Dreams. The Swimmer by John Cheever depicts the “American Dream” as something already achieve but then‚ it is lost. The “American Dream”

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    The American Dream There are many different interpretation of the whole meaning of the American Dream. James Truslow Adam‚ in his book The Epic of America‚ mentioned “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. The belief of everyone having an equal opportunity and working hard. How this relates to the context of the film relating to James as his quote can be interpreted in a sense that Duke

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    Kimberly LaChaine Period 2 January 3‚ 2017 The Effects of War The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien represents the epitome of dehumanization that war inflicts on people. Each character is involved in a short story that makes up the entire novel; their different traits make up not only their personality but their entire persona and how their social role contributed to the overall message. The characters participation in the war leads to many tragic fates such as absurdity‚ trauma

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    experienced many life changing things not just because the things that happened to them but the things they watch happen to others. While in the war there are many things that happens that will stick with people forever like deaths and life threatening injuries. People who have PTSD have many symptoms including flashbacks‚ social isolation‚

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    The American Dream originally promised to all who come to the United States is no longer fully accessible to many immigrants and is threatened further by the new trump administration. This is problematic because not only are immigrants still arriving in America with hopes in their hearts to better their lives or give their family a better future‚ but they are coming with nothing at hand and nowhere to go. Many immigrants still presume that America is still the country‚ it was during the 1920s when

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    The American Dream   America has long been known as a land of opportunity. Out of that thinking comes the "American Dream‚" the idea that anyone can ultimately achieve success‚ even if he or she began with nothing. In "The Death of a Salesman"‚ Arthur Miller uses the characterization of Willy Loman to represent the failure of his ideal of the American Dream. Willy’s quest for the American Dream leads to his failure because throughout his life he pursues the illusion of the American Dream and not

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    The American Dream‚ From My Perspective The three words I think of when I hear ‘The American Dream’ is: free education‚ equal opportunity‚ and true happiness. As American Dreams are thought of and made a reality for them‚ then you cannot be afraid to pursue the dreams you wish to create a reality. The quote: “You cannot give up on the American dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction.”- Marco Rubio. It is saying here that you can’t just give

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    The American dream by definition means the idea that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative. However‚ it’s more than just some definition. Everyone has their own view on what they consider is the “American dream”. Before I was born my mom and dad both came here looking for a better life than the one they had back in Russia. After my parents arrived my grandparents came soon after. From my understanding

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    4/8/13 Dying American Dream The American dream is now nothing more than a past dream haunting humanity of what could’ve been. Though man y people are living that dream it reminds us of the dirty tricks they used to cheat others to achieve their status. This so called dream is no longer real it is nothing more than a figment of the past. No matter how hard people may try to restore it always leads to the same ending: pure uncut disappointment. One of the main things that remind the always

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