The Opportunity To Achieve The American Dream

For many generations immigrants have fled to America in hopes of achieving the “American Dream”. The American dream originated from a few common ideas: that every American citizen has the right to pursue happiness, and that everyone has the freedom to achieve social and economic success, through means of hard work and dedication. The American dream has served as a motive and incentive for those who strive to become successful and achieve their goals. All United States citizens have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream through means of hard work, and dedication or just plain luck. Ever since the American Dream was first introduced, people have changed and created their own interpretation of what their American dream was. The most
James Truslow Adams, a well known historian of the early nineteen thirties has been credited as the first person to write about the American dream in his book called The Epic of American, he claimed “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” This quote of Adams, says that everyone has a equal opportunity to achieve the American dream, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity. Whether or not your become your goals is directly related to how hard you work towards achieving your goals. Furthermore he says that everyone who works hard to accomplish their goals, will be successful reaching there personal American
Furthermore, the American dream has become a measure of success, if you are not successful you will not achieve your goals and overall; your American dream. A good example of someone who has achieved the American dream would be Arnold Schwarzenegger, a actor and once the governor of California. He came to a America as a immigrant from Austria, Arnold a well-known Bodybuilder “Mr.Universe” at that time reflecting his hard work at the gym, but when he first arrived in America he started his acting career first appearing in low budget fils such as Conan the Barbarian. As a result of his hard work and dedication he was able to star in very popular and famous movies such as the terminator series which he made millions of dollars from. He then made a dramatic career switch and decided to campaign and run for the opening as governor of California. After campaigning he was elected as the governor of California. Arnold not only achieved a successful bodybuilding career in America but also a successful political and acting career. Arnold once said “ “To think that a once scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become Governor of California and stand in Madison Square Garden to speak on behalf of the President of the United States that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.”Adams Arnold had achieved his American dream and