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    The phrase‚ the American Dream is a national ethos of the United States and the idea that clutched many immigrants who came to the US at a deep emotional level. Having left their own countries means they left not only their friends and family‚ but everything that identifies who they are. However‚ whether or not they left their countries because of war‚ poverty or civil or religious persecution‚ they believed that in America‚ they could achieve a better quality of life if they work hard enough. It

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    United States of America was born the “American Dream” has been alive. When it was first established the “American Dream” was defined as the ability of having freedom‚ democracy‚ and financial stability. Today it appears that the “American Dream” has faded there is poverty‚ crime‚ government taking full control‚ and the social classes have a larger margin than ever. According to the article “More people express uncertainty in chance to achieve the American Dream” the Washington Post-Miller Center Poll

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    The American dream is why there is equality all through America. It is why one can get an amazing education‚ have a job‚ marry whoever they want‚ and have children. It’s the reason why the United Sates has freedom! Everyone around the world wishes for the American dream because they do not have it like Americans do. Americans have no idea that they are living the American dream right now because it all comes to them naturally‚ and we can thank our Founding Fathers for that. People complain about

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    Virginia Suarez Mary Moody Business Ethics July 28‚ 2014 An Innocent Dream “The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost‚ which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.” -Azar Nafisi Sixty- thousand unaccompanied children‚ and counting‚ at the United States and Mexico border. Sixty-thousand dreams of a life without hunger and insecurities. The United States is being bombarded with children of different ages and parts of origin this very minute. This

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    God is Alive

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    God is Alive! Most people in the world these days believe that there is a higher being out there. Whether‚ they call him God or just an entity. It’s almost impossible not to believe in something higher than yourself. If you are an atheist‚ I still consider that a religion‚ but its different in that you refuse to believe in God. I do believe that there is a God‚ and he is out there waiting for you to come to him and have a relationship with him. I came to this realization just quicker than most

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    CHAPTER III: The Impact of Identity on Dreams – 1. Identity in the Sight of Other People In actual fact‚ people have a certain view or conception about what somebody is. This view is quite different from what the individual himself has. But then the harm in all this is that this state of affairs has a great impact on what an individual is supposed to become in life especially when he doesn’t have a great sense of objectivity or when he is not determined to achieve his life goal regardless

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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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    Im Alive

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    The television show I’m Alive‚ episode “Ambushed” makes viewers re-think holding a snake without it being identified by an expert. A biology teacher told her students that they could find animals in the wild‚ bring them into school‚ and she would identify them. In their classroom‚ there were turtles‚ spiders‚ frogs‚ snakes‚ and more. The teacher told the students that they could hold any of the animals that they wanted to without permission. Rusty Van Wert and Caleb Snow went over to a terrarium

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    American Dream or American Nightmare Be The American Dream is something that can be easily defined for some people‚ and for others it can be very difficult to put into words. The American Dream is a combination of a few things. I firmly believe that Americans should have equal access to this ideal of an American Dream in order for it not to be considered just mere notion. My idea of the American Dream is also built on freedom. Our fore fathers who built this great nation were on the right

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    Alive Assignment The movie "Alive" is a shocking true story of an Uruguayan Rugby Team that crashed their plane in the middle of the Andes mountains. The Uruguayan plane crash carrying 45 passengers to Chile unfortunately resulted only with the survival of 16 students. Through a traumatic shocking experience‚ the movie reenacts the event of the crash. This movie demonstrates various examples of the importance of psychological and physiological needs in our daily lives. It also outlines how

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