city blocks throughout the United States. Gold rushes and manifest destiny helped fuel the American Dream. The dream was alive. But the dream was far lived in reality. Many immigrants and citizens suffered underneath the conspiracies and corrupt rule of power hungry company‚ corporation‚ and business owners. Despite the suffering‚ the population of America kept growing from immigration. The American dream was still alive across the sea and in the
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American Dream Willy Loman is a man on a mission. His purpose in life is to achieve a false sense of the "American Dream‚" but is this what Willy Loman really wants? In Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller analyzes the American Dream by portraying to us a few days in the life of a washed up salesman named Willy Loman. The American Dream is a definite goal of many people‚ meaning something different to everyone. Willy’s version is different from most people though; his is based more on being well-liked
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have a dream. It is dream deeply rooted in the American dream (MLKJ 4).” Martin Luther king wanted everyone no matter what race‚ religion‚ and more to have a chance to live their life to the furnal. The American dream can be explained as the wants out of a persons life and the steps people take to actieve the dream. The American dream gives you a purpose in life. Having a dream challages a person try new ideas. Also‚ the dream fouces a person learn new situitions through the dream. The American dream
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The Great Gatsby and the American Dream There is really no set definition of what the American Dream is‚ everyone has different views on what they see it as. The main idea of the American Dream is pretty much making it big and being successful in life‚ having everything you need‚ wealth‚ prosperity‚ love and happiness. Jay Gatsby portrays the American Dream in some senses but not to its full potential. Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby the American Dream isn’t shown in its positive light but
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The American Dream What is “the American dream?” If anyone has ever seen a movie that takes place in another country‚ most of the time you will hear about an American dream. Wanting to make it to America and get a job to support their family. Other times it is about a high school pitcher wanting to pitch in the big leagues. Most of the time it is about a young adult wanting to finish college‚ get married and have children. These are three different definition of the American dream but they all
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The American Dream is the equil ability to achieve wealth if one works hard enough. In James Truslow Adams book The Epic of America he says that the American Dream is a dream of a richer fuller land where everyone has an equal opportunity according to their achievements. Today some people are born with more wealth than others they inherit from their elders thus making them start from a different point than others. These people have a head start compared to people of the lower class‚ they get into
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The origin of The American Dream began with the poor immigrants looking for opportunities. The Declaration of independence states “all man are created equal and that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights among which are life‚ liberty and persuit of happines.”(The Declaration of Independence). The American Dream is different for every individual you come across. To some people it means financial success‚ to other people it means freedom of expression‚ while other people want to practice
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believe that almost everyone should look themselves like that. I grew up in a very american way‚ in fact the idea of being an American was almost forced on me. Yet both of my parents are not full blood Americans. My father was not even born in this country! However it was crucial to my parents that I would be raised like everybody else around me that my lifestyle would embody the characteristics of what exactly the American way of life was about. I was raised on the idea that hard work is the number one
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Is The American Dream really dead? “I have a dream” - Martin Luther King. Some people say‚ that the american dream is dead. People can not get a job and they are not very wealthy and that is basically why the american dream is dead‚ but I bet the difference. I will say‚ that the American dream is alive and well. It is not hard to have a dream‚ it is hard to achieve it. What is your dream? And is it possible to achieve it? Those are the kind of questions you have to ask yourself. An example
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Hard Work Pays Off I think the American Dream is different for everybody. Yes‚ it all might be mostly the same concept but there all pretty different. I think that hard work is a pretty long tunnel and the reward is your own personal American Dream. I‚ also‚ think with hard work and dedication‚ even if you have to change it just a little bit‚ everyone can make their American Dream become a reality. Hard work and dedication pays off most of the time. In that article that I forgot the name of in
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