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    The American Dream is core to the American worldview. Though people from schoolteachers to presidential candidates have spoken on this topic‚ there seems to be no consensus as to whether it is dead or alive. One of the many articles written on the Dream is “The American Dream is Dead—Here’s Where It Went” by Adelle Peters‚ and as the title suggests‚ Peters argues that the American Dream is dead. According to her‚ low upward mobility‚ caused by unequal education and a gaping income inequality‚ has

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    III 30 March 2017 Does Money Really Affect the American Dream? “In 1985‚ roughly 10 percent of all Americans had suffered an acute financial trauma”‚ according to Hendrick Smith from Who Stole the American Dream? (Smith). For different reasons‚ people do not have a substantial amount of money for everyday necessities. Money will affect people’s ability to achieve their American Dream through race‚ culture‚ and beliefs. Everyone has an American Dream‚ and money is the backbone to almost everything

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    Is The American Dream really dead? “I have a dream” - Martin Luther King. Some people say‚ that the american dream is dead. People can not get a job and they are not very wealthy and that is basically why the american dream is dead‚ but I bet the difference. I will say‚ that the American dream is alive and well. It is not hard to have a dream‚ it is hard to achieve it. What is your dream? And is it possible to achieve it? Those are the kind of questions you have to ask yourself. An example

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    Hamada. A Hamada Writing Lab Mr. Michael 25/11/13 The American Dream The American Dream limns an apotheosis of optimism and faith that glisters a beam of light onward to the contentment of human aspirations and desires. The “American Dream” was quantified by James Truslow Adams and that these needs were vented in Thomas Jefferson ’s Declaration of Independence in 1776‚ where it was avowed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their

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    I have always been fascinated by the concept of the “American Dream”. Even if‚ nowadays‚ this concept is more and more criticize because some people believe that the structure of American society doesn’t follow anymore the idealistic goal of the “American Dream”‚ providing example such as inequality in class or race which suggest that the “American Dream” is not attainable for all. But to me the term “American Dream” stays unchanged: all people can succeed through hard work‚ and all people have

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    Throughout history people have strived for success. The definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams ‚ "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 of birth. This idea is obviously farfetched‚ but also somewhat obtainable. The belief that you can make anything of yourself through any means necessary is obviously very inspiring to those that come from poverty and misfortune

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    The American Dream There are billions of people living in the world‚ and hundreds of countries with people that live in these countries. They all have a particular set of goals and achievement‚ and they all share dreams and values‚ and they are ready to work hard and sacrifice their life for this aim‚ and people in these countries have expectations and their personal desires from their life and countries. Among all of these nations‚ there is one that many wished to live in and be a part of this country

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    The American dream for many people is the idea of prospering and achieving success while everyone has the same opportunity to triumphant. But there are also plenty of other people who highly disagree with the theory of American dream. Many people believe that there are other countries that are equal if not better than the United States. According to statistics throughout the years‚ the United States has not been the most successful country. There is just as much poverty and lack of employment in

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    In an article named “The american dream” it states about how a book written in 1931 stated that how the ways of the American dream in the 1930’s was “the dream was to have land where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability‚ or achievement” (library of congress‚p.1‚s.1) A little bit about our history of the American dream is that‚ our founding fathers started a revolutionary idea that each person should be able to pursue their idea

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    There are some people who might define the “American Dream” as having no real struggles‚ living in a mansion with an endless bank account‚ or having access to every opportunity that there is in life. However‚ the American Dream has somewhat taken on a new meaning for some in our world‚ where it’s less about materialistic things and more about enjoying the lives that we are given. In the article 5 Ways Our Founding Fathers Protect The American Dream by Kimberly Amadeo‚ she explains that James Truslow

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