Americanization Of The American Dream

    The American Dream is a lifelong objective that many Americans aim for. This Dream is not the same for every person in the United States, and throughout the course of American history, it has changed gradually. From the beginning of time, the dream was to own land and to live off of it, but now it has branched out into so much more.  According to Google Dictionary the American Dream is “the ideal that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” This is not always the case because though Americans work for what they have and to be where they are, the American Dream is not always attainable. Some believe that the American Dream is just a dream and sometimes it is, but it can also be a reality. To attain the reality of the “dream” there are obstacles that differ for everyone. Of these challenges are wealth, gender, inequality, race, and social class. The American Dream can remain a dream or become a lifestyle depending on the hard work one is willing to put in.

In a country that is based around the idea that you can be anyone and do anything, one would think that most Americans all want the typical “American Dream.” Many would agree that when we think American Dream, we think fancy yachts, designer clothing, and big buildings, but is that really what the dream is all about? By definition, the American Dream is defined as, “the idea that every U.S. citizen should have equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work and determination” (“American Dream”). It is the idea that someone that comes from the very bottom can make their way to the top through determination and persistence. But what is considered to be “the top” is hard to

We have all heard of this intense rollercoaster ride that we are on called the American Dream. The term was coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931 defining it as “dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” Since it’s arrival, the Dream has evolved from a pursuit towards “freedom, mutual respect, and equal opportunity” (Shiller) to later one of greed described by Shiller as being “excessively lustful about homeownership and wealth” beginning in the 1960s. Traditionally, the American Dream included features of a nuclear family, that is one with a breadwinning father, a housewife, and two kids, owning a white picket fence home, thriving without financial worries, and a happy family. There has been a shift in focus for the Dream caused by the Millennial generation and in turn they have included features that place an emphasis on equality in all aspects of their lives from family life to the workplace placing their own twist on the Dream. The American Dream has evolved over time to include equal opportunities, college education, and happy family.

The "American Dream" is marked as unattainable in John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men. This is mostly shown in the case of George, Lennie, Candy, Crooks, and Curley's wife. These characters all have admitted to thinking about the "American dream" concept, and the freedom to pursue happiness and their dreams.

The American Dream is the following; Go to college, get a good job, and finally get your own family. The concept of the American Dream is created by this value system. The American Dream is intended to be a way of life attainable to all Americans. The American dream once was having a family, a nice home and materialistic items. However, it revolves around the thought that anyone living in the United States can achieve something with the possibility of happiness and can have a successful life. The dream is to reach financial stability, having a family and career that makes you happy.

\There is a substantial amount of Americans today who have attained the American Dream, such as Oprah Winfrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Steve Jobs, but does any American still have a chance at the American Dream? The authentic American Dream is known as owning land and having riches, opportunity and promise Today, Americans do not have a chance at the American Dream due to the lack of effort in the majority of America’s people, where an Americans' home is affecting that person’s chance for opportunity, and the large gap between a prosperous community and a distressed community in America.

Let us see, I could say my life was the All American dream, where mom brings lemonade to the kids, while they harass the dog in the front yard, surrounded by a white picket fence. Or it could be that my life was a fairy tale, one that seems good on the outside but on the inside seemed to me a never ending nightmare. I could go on and on about how good of a life I live, or I could say all the horrible things that have happened, but I’d rather just explain what has shaped me into the person I am today, because that is what a home environment does to a person.

I learned in my Biology and Chemistry class that there are no two people in our world that are exactly the same. There is always something that makes someone unique and one of a kind, whether it is in their physical appearance or personality. There are different types of people, we see and do things differently, and we aim for different prizes. What matters to me might not matter to you, what is important to you might be irrelevant to me. People have different point of views, just like people have different goals in life. Some people want to be successful financially, some wants to be successful mentally and emotionally, and some people just want to secure the future of their love ones. Whatever it might be, they are all objectives that

What is the difference between a belief or an idea? While the two have similarities, the differences are noticeable, for a belief is to have trust and full faith on something or even an idea and in the end, it becomes true. An idea, however, is a thought or even a suggestion to do something, but one does not have to anything. In Langston Hughes poem, Let America Be America Again, the idea or belief of the American Dream appears to be tested, especially during Hughes time period. Although the American Dream will always be around, that does not mean there will not be times of disbelief, a power race or even grab, nor a call to action to restore the American Dream.

The American Dream is the number one goal in America. It is believed that anybody in America can become famous or successful, own a large house and fancy cars, and have equal freedom and justice. The biggest wrecker to this Dream is consumerism. Consumerism creates a dyadic relationship between buyers and business owners. Business owners use advertisements, strategic planning, and focus on a particular audience in order to get closer to the American Dream. This causes the buyers to be pushed even further from the American Dream, and simultaneously the business owners get even closer.

Every person in the United States is entitled to free and universal public education to create a collective democratic society of individuals, prepare them to participate as citizens of the democracy and provide students with the tools and knowledge to achieve the American Dream. The American Dream is an ideology that if you get an education, work hard and are a good citizen, you will succeed in life. However, with systemic inequity in our education system, specifically disparity in quality of education, the opportunity for education, achievement gaps between race and class, and segregation of schools, many children are not receiving the education they need to achieve so-called American Dream. Due to these systemic inequities in our

The American dream may for the most part mean seeking after a genial esse with a feasible activity, a family, getting riches or accomplishment in life. This vision encompasses the flexibility of having a chance to thrive in life, which is quite consequential. In this manner, individuals have the chance to accomplish their objectives by whatever methods definitely independent of the country one comes, or so they mentally conceived. This fantasy is made conceivable because of equipollent open door for all, contrary to popular credence. For instance, an authentically great many people have been fruitful in America because of their instructive accomplishment, business accomplishment. Nonetheless, accomplishing the American dream isn''\'t a

The American dream is, “an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity; also; the prosperity of life that is the realization of this ideal” (Britanni Academic). The American dream is a standard outline for every individual with different views that completes their material wealth, equality, and comfort. Example, my American dream is to be successful, travel the world, and to live in a peaceful world with no violence. My parents who immigrated from Mexico and their American dream was such as stated by Vincent N. Parillo, “they dreamed of freedom and opportunity” (131). As stated before we both have a dream with views in different ways, although the dream is effected from our surroundings. My parents

A wise man once said, “Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism.” This idea, that affluence has deceived us, can be seen particularly in today’s generations. The total U.S teen spending in the year 2014 was 258.7 billion dollars ("Teenage Consumer Spending Statistics"). This statistic is especially staggering because as of 2009, only about ⅓ of teens work, according to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics. Today’s consumer driven society has exposed our youth to numerous corporations that are driven to capture the attention of teenagers. The vulnerability

As time goes on, as the governing politicians change and as society evolves, the American dream is immeasurably becoming a whistle to a dream. Individuals that are working class in America are experiencing hardship in the face of a declining economy. An economy which disallows parents the security to maintain a job in order to sustain a progressive household. Due to the lack of jobs within the economy as well as the rising costs of living. With people dreams and aspirations each individual daily are deferred. Instead of being able to strive and attain their dreams of wealth, business and abundance; they are left with having to choose between chasing their American dream and basic survival. These individuals are forced to settle which aids being careless, and basic needs such as food and shelter become difficult to keep as a priority. Thus interpersonal problems arise which inherently rubs off on their kids. Children who are aware of their parent’s dreams as well as the struggle they ensued to get ahead of the strife. However due to the lack of good education, these children are unable to have realistic dreams of their own, and thus living the American dream becomes a vicious cycle.