The American Dream Is Unique To Me

Growing up was always different for me compared to others around me in Columbia Falls Montana. I think of myself as slightly different from everybody else, and I 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 characteristic,also that anybody who can truly achieve this characteristic can succeed beyond their wildest endeavors. This idea is the foundation for the American dream, and I was taught that this kind of success that I have the potential to succeed is only unique to the United
Now whether my peers believe that history is already set and the institutions that we live under are the only institutions that ever will exist or not. I am going to try my hardest to strive for success. In the country that we live in, we all have equal rights under law, giving any American a chance to pursue. This is mixed in with a free market economic system, the government can not completely regulate my success. However this success can only be achieved if one can reflect that our past ancestors have set us up for success. So we must succeed and give our future generations unprecedented success. Through these factors in our country as well as the right mentality, the American dream is unconditionally achievable. The American dream is still alive in this country based on the factors of a free market economic system, social equality as well as our mentality of passing on our dream to future generations of