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    The American Dream has been the main topic of some people‚ and people are still wondering if the American dream is Dead‚ Or Alive‚ you will have to read to find out.The American dream for me is being able to have a house and a family and to be financially stable or better.The American Dream is alive and well‚ because in my society‚ people are moving up in life‚ like African american and the racial inequality. When I was a little kid‚ we came from Mexico to California‚ we had an aunt in California

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    American Dream is Still Alive My whole life I grew up believing that there is such thing as the American Dream. The last couple years my faith in that has been tested for sure. Today there are many problems with the economy; there are many people out there who think there’s no such thing as the American Dream anymore. “The creation of a government that is out of control‚ and thus out of touch‚ robs every citizen‚ preventing fulfillment of the original American Dream (Thomas 569).” I agree with this

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    The American Dream: Dead Or Alive? Many think the American Dream is dead but is it still a possible one? The famous American dream is the ideal that every citizen in the United States has an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination and the ability to initiate things independently. Today‚ many people emigrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream. The American Dream is both a reality and as said‚ a dream. Every citizen of the U

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    Dreams Transformed‚ Not Terminated Despite America’s low level of satisfaction and happiness‚ most Americans believe the American Dream is alive‚ and that they have achieved it‚ or on their way to achieving it. Only 17% of Americans believe the dream is impossible to reach or no longer exists for their family. (Davis‚ 2017) The original american dream was the ideal that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative

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    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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    The American Dream: Dead or Alive? “The American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent‚ and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build‚ and what can happen to you and your family”‚ said Sanford Weill. The tradition of the American Dream has always been based on the way people live out their lives. Although‚ throughout these past years some believe that the American Dream has died off. Many blame themselves for their own failure

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    Professor Kellen 8 February 2014 “The American DreamAlive or on Hold‚” by Brandon King fails to identify the reasons why creating more jobs and raising the minimum wage would not be good for the United States economy. King states that “raising the minimum wage does little to make the poor richer.”(king 2012) The minimum wage in the Unites States is well below where it should be‚ the minimum wage was put in place During the Great depression to ensure that Americans could meet basic necessities. Creating

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    There are many aspects of the American dream. The American dream means being able to be yourself; it means to be accepted and be able to fulfill your personal dreams no matter what you look like or what you practice‚ the sky’s the limit for anyone. Whether your dream is to be wealthy and live a life full of luxury‚ or just to live a happy life. The American dream varies from people’s perspective. The American dream is still alive because the ideas of equality‚ unity‚ and opportunity‚ which are some

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    The oxford dictionary defines the American Dream as‚ “The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative”. But somehow in the 21st century that definition has been skewed resulting in millennials thinking that no such thing exists. The American dream in the eyes of an entitled person has gone to the graveyard. But in reality the American Dream is more alive than ever for the people who have the determination

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    “Is the American Dream Still Alive and Well?” (Debate) The American Dream is the result of possibilities and success. The term “American Dream” was been invented by James Truslow Adams in 1931: “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man‚ with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” Another reference to the American Dream appears in the Declaration of Independence (1776). The author wrote that people are “endowed by their creator

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