My Generation: Pursuing The American Dream

Coined in 1931 by James Adam, the “American Dream” became the embodiment of the American expectations. While pursuing the American Dream may be an admired goal, the challenge that faces my generation is determining of what the American Dream consists. Set in the Great Depression Era, the American Dream was simply placing food on the table, educating children, and living comfortably. The family-centered American Dream once consisted has now become materialistic. Americans live in the luxury, which citizens from the 1930s could only dream, but this opulence is deemed as “normal. Still chasing after the dream, my generation must decide what the new characteristics of the American Dream are. Because each generation’s expectations of the American