My Life Is Becoming A Director

Nowadays, many Americans wonder if the American Dream is still alive. At one point in our country, people felt that they could achieve success by working hard. However, after the economic hardships and recession of the 21st century, a number of Americans not only lost income, but some also lost their jobs. Although there has been slow progression to improve the economy, there are those who question whether or not the dream of Americans can ever be achieved again. With unemployment levels still high and salaries failing to increase, there certainly is doubt in most of Americans. In his essay, Brandon King formulates ways to redefine and change the way to look at the American dream. After analyzing King’s essay, one can see his view as believing that the dream is still very much intact. As he points out, the American economy is a very complex system that has had downfalls, but there is always a way to get back up from it. Regardless of your economic status (poor or middle class), if one has a working job, it is possible to succeed based on how much someone is willing to work to achieve their goals. As King would agree, the American dream is not only still alive and well, but anyone can reach success.

However, we must remember an important fact: our generation of American faces the same wall of hopelessness that stood before those who lived through the Great Depression – and they overcame it. What we can take from them, is that we can succeed if we accept the simple fact that we must do what must be done, even if it isn’t desirable. If we graduate with a degree in fashion marketing and fail to secure employment, we work at a retail store in order to pay rent and get the bills paid. Running around for hours to work in a store takes grit; being underemployed takes gut; learning from experience and applying it to one’s life creates character. And one day, we grow. That in my belief is “the Dream.” For too many versions of “the Dream” equate prosperity to happiness, happiness I feel is not so simple. This makes it seem that the American Dream may always remain tantalizingly out of reach for some Americans, making the dream more like a cruel joke rather than a genuine dream. Perhaps, what our generation needs is to

Dreams, the aspiration and goal of everyone. That is why everyone is wasting their lives. Throughout this unit, we have looked at examples from both sides of this argument and in the end, it was obvious, it is not worth it to dream. While you can achieve your dream despite immense odds, it's not worth it to dream because if you blindly follow a dream you can't accomplish you can waste your life. Circumstances beyond your control can derail your dream and even if you work hard it doesn't always pay off consequently.

After reading about those who stuck with their dreams, I came to a conclusion. A person’s dream can indeed change the world. In my search for answers, I came to learn about four individuals who had to risk and sacrifice to change the world. They used their dreams to inspire, influence and raise awareness.

“ The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” - Harriet Tubman. “ A positive attitude can really make dreams come true-it did for me.” - David Bailey.

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars,” said Les Brown. Throughout the dream unit we have seen lots of videos of people who have achieved their dreams. But also of some people who didn’t achieve their dreams after they worked for it. But they ended up in the stars and were happy with what they did achieve. But just because some people don’t always achieve their dream doesn’t mean everyone can’t there’s a chance to achieve the dreams. But if we don’t we can still end up with part of the dreams or still achieve something.

As children, we grow up believing that we can do anything, be anything. The world is our playground, and we were free to imagine our future. Consequently, this imagination and boundless opportunities is what draws so many to the ideals of the American Dream. The unwavering hope that anything can be achieved through determination and a tireless work-ethic. The common misconception is once we have attained the dream, the luxuries will come soon after.

“I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.” (Sanford I. Weill)

Satullo believes that encouraging people to “chase flashy notions of success” will only cause “the unlucky to be mired in grievance.” However, this is not the only result that can come of these “false dreams.” The American Dream teaches “every man [to] see himself

“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.” -Will Smith. At least once in our lifetime, we have been told to face reality. That it’s impossible and will never happen. That we are being unrealistic. Unbeknown to the people who have told us such things, is what their narrow mind can’t comprehend. Facing reality is a death sentence for dreams and only ensures mediocrity. Thus, in order to achieve greatness, one must be unrealistic such as in the case of Martin Luther King Jr., Nasa, and Thomas Edison.

Basically, if someone has the right work ethic and demeanor, then they will be able to obtain all that they dream for.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” --Colin Powell.

Lastly, to make the dream come true, the common spiritualand, intellectual life must be superior to others to build a better

In order for you to achieve the dream you have to strive for nothing but the best. Today people are in a race to see who can get where first. It isn’t where before it was

the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality.” He realized early that the only