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John Steinbeck's Is The American Dream Possible

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For some people the American Dream is nothing more than a dream but to others they believe the American Dream is completely possible.Someone who believes the dream is possible is John Steinbeck,in his essay he explain that his idea of the American Dream is growing old with your significant other in the suburbans.From my personal experience I don't believe in John’s idea because both of my grandparents are around sixty-five years old at this point of their lives they should thinking of retirement but instead the only thing on there mind is if they would be able to pay off next's month's rent.It's extremely heartbreaking to see my grandparents work so hard their entire lives to make a living in America and not pay off,its to a point where they had to rent out one of their rooms for some extra money.The American Dream is not attainable because of the paradoxical nature described by John Steinbeck. Americans are confused when it comes to simple task but believe they can do it.For instances in the essay,America and Americans “Is the American dream even possible” by John Steinbeck he says in paragraph four, “We spend our lives in motor cars, yet most of us-a great many of us at least do not know enough about a car too look in the gas tank when the motor fails.”This is one

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