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    both authors used to get to their audience) Eric Beedle AP LA III July 26 2012 The Decline of the American Dream‚ And the Finding of the American Dream While reading Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed on (not) getting by in America‚ and Adam Shepard’s Scratched Beginning’s me‚ $25‚ and the search for the American Dream‚ I couldn’t help notice huge differences between the two books. Both of these authors were writing for the same cause‚ was it possible to survive on minimum wage in America

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    The “American Dream” is something we hear about while in our elementary history classes. We have all heard of it but‚ do we know what it is? Is the “American Dream” some unattainable thought of someone’s misplaced perception of reality? Or is the legendary “American Dream” just a matter of a few steps away from all of us? This dream we know of is not an illusion but a reality‚ all we must do is work for it. Generation after generation‚ individuals and families have come to this land

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    Corruption of the American Dream The American dream is an ideal that has been discreetly present since the beginning of American literature. Commonly‚ the dreamer aspires to rise from rags to riches‚ while accumulating such things as love‚ high status‚ wealth‚ and power. The early dream of acquiring western land has quickly and efficiently morphed into a vision of materialistic assets. In the past century‚ the American dream has increasingly focused on large houses‚ cars‚ and expensive gadgets

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    | | | | MAIN TITLES As the curtains are opening: The Old Guy:There used to be a staff of fifty in this place. I’m the only one left from those days. It all comes down to one sap: the night-shift bellhop‚ that’s me. What in the world is a bellhop? You know where the name comes from? Ted is trying to keep up/being nervous. Before he can say somethignt

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    achievement” which is easily connected to the idea of The American Dream. After all‚ isn’t America known as “The land of opportunity”? Most people came to America‚ and still come for that matter‚ in search of a better life through hard work and dedication to their cause. In “Chinaman’s Chance: Reflections on the American Dream” by Eric Liu‚ it is stated that “...it (the American Dream) does demand the opportunity to achieve progress-and values the opportunity

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    The American Dream is something that prevails within us despite the inevitable rises and falls of the economy‚ it is a triumphant hope for progress and prosperity. Brandon King asserts in his essay “The American Dream: Dead‚ Alive‚ or on Hold?” that the American Dream is “more alive and important than ever” (573) but that its survival is dependent on the imperative support of large businesses and financial institutions to attain economic stability (575-579). I certainly agree with King that the

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    The American Dream The American Dream is it just a dream or is it reality‚ can people actually achieve it. The person who coined this idea was James Adams and he said that The American Dream is that “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement‚ regardless of social class or circumstances at birth. The American Dream has three sides the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly. So you would think that The American Dream is something that

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    American Dream A life of freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity‚ more commonly known as the American Dream‚ motivates people every day to achieve personal happiness and material comfort. John Winthrop‚ Judith Sargent Murray‚ and Ben Franklin encouraged this lifestyle by writing to the people of the United States explaining in their own way how this utopian lifestyle can be achieved. Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” was written on board the Arbella on the way to the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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    First‚ let’s define "American Dream". "American Dream" is what you would consider a "perfect life." It can be full of happiness‚ money‚ love‚ food‚ cars‚ whatever you desire‚ everyone has a different opinion. One person’s American Dream may be totally different from someone else’s‚ that is what makes us all individuals. My American Dream would include a good job and lots of money‚ spare time for my family and I‚ and most importantly‚ healthiness. It seems that so often the subject of economic standing

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    The American Dream The American Dream is a phenomenon‚ an idea being very important for the very patriotic country of the United States of America. James Truslow Adams defined the idea in 1931: “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 (…) regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” James T.A.’s quote spelled out is very much a gathering of ideals in which freedom involves the opportunity

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