The American Dream: Natural Born American Immigrants
"The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative". This how people define the American Dream and over the course of history people have traveled all over the world searching for their own American Dream. They want a better life, with better things either physically or mentally.
Certainly, the American Dream has changed over time, it was the same for everyone in the past. Most people wanted to find their soul mate, or the one that they would have a happily ever after with. They wanted to live a perfect life and eventually have a couple kids. Many wanted a huge, beautiful house with a white picket fence with a big family. They basically wanted the best of everything for example cars, houses, family, just a better life in general. Many people today still see this as the ideal American Dream, but others may have a different opinion of perfect …show more content…
An American immigrant will not define the American dream the same as a natural born citizen because they were both brought up different ways. Immigrants will not have the same goals and accomplishments as anybody else. They may have lower standards and be satisfied with things people would not usually be okay with. For this reason, many American immigrants may take the jobs nobody wants and are satisfied with it because it was better than their previous life. Many U.S. immigrants view the American Dream as simply getting a job that will barely support their families and pay the bills. America is the "Land of the Free," which means that you can do anything you desire as long as you work hard enough and that everyone living in America has equal opportunity. This is why people from other countries look at America and want this life for themselves, as well as their loved
Certainly, the American Dream has changed over time, it was the same for everyone in the past. Most people wanted to find their soul mate, or the one that they would have a happily ever after with. They wanted to live a perfect life and eventually have a couple kids. Many wanted a huge, beautiful house with a white picket fence with a big family. They basically wanted the best of everything for example cars, houses, family, just a better life in general. Many people today still see this as the ideal American Dream, but others may have a different opinion of perfect …show more content…
An American immigrant will not define the American dream the same as a natural born citizen because they were both brought up different ways. Immigrants will not have the same goals and accomplishments as anybody else. They may have lower standards and be satisfied with things people would not usually be okay with. For this reason, many American immigrants may take the jobs nobody wants and are satisfied with it because it was better than their previous life. Many U.S. immigrants view the American Dream as simply getting a job that will barely support their families and pay the bills. America is the "Land of the Free," which means that you can do anything you desire as long as you work hard enough and that everyone living in America has equal opportunity. This is why people from other countries look at America and want this life for themselves, as well as their loved