The American Dream Of The 1920 ' S

Are group was given the time period between 1900-1920. This time period was a sad but prosperous time. The idea of “The American Dream” then is different from what we perceive it today, it was imagining that everyone was equal and that money had no sway on who you were. During this time period one of the biggest wars called World War 1 took place, supplies were being used up quickly. Men were sent overseas to fight leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves. Women began joining the workforce doing the jobs that men would have done originally, such as working in munition factories to make ammo for the soldiers, this was a big step to equality because before, women’s main role in society was to take care of the children and to

Alongside with the previous theme, Franklin was very ambitions with the outlook and concept for a greater America. America in the 1700's was not quite developed as a nation yet, but it has become more than just the original cluster of thirteen colonies in the East. People during this time, as they start developing their legal systems, are debating on what kinds of rights they want and think they need. Many people had their own opinions, but Franklin's opinion favored more toward developing communities into a stronger and thought-out civilization. This autobiography shows an America with opportunity and idealized thinkers with a budding start of the American Dream. Franklin lives in Philadelphia for the majority of the book but he doesn't quite

1. Why are we still reading a book written in the 1920's? What gives a book its longevity?

Nowadays, money can make most everything happens. People run after money because they think money can give them better life. It is true that we need money to support our life. However, we need to remember that once we have a good quality of life, we should use our extra money to benefit those who have need instead of keep money in our pocket. We need to remember that God rewards us with succeed is because he wants us to take care of our brothers. In addition, if we pursue over luxury life, we will end up being controlled by money.

The "American Dream" is an idea that has always been different throughouttime. It changes in diverse forms and in the end involves success. The "American Dream" was a phrase used by the American people and peoplewanting to become American. It was always the idea that you can become a success. This is true in a partial way, but the true "American Dream" is that with somework and determination anyone can build themselves up in the economic classsystem.

During the years between 1865 and the 1900s, different people who lived in America faced a variety of challenges as they tried to achieve the American Dream. The American Dream is made up of values such as human rights, justice, opportunity, and freedom. The American Dream was a myth for African Americans, new immigrants, and Native Americans due to the fact that those core values were unattainable.

Some people will say that because of the transition of society into the 21st century would make the American Dream not achievable, but most can agree that because of the advancing technology and other advancements in modern society has made should make it easier for everyone coming to America to achieve the American Dream because of the increase of jobs and communication. Evidence can be found in Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty

The 1920s was a pivotal era in women’s fashion—an era that saw Prohibition, Jazz and celebration of war’s end. Gone was the hourglass figure of the 19th Century, swept away by the World War I, and replaced by the figure of a modern, independent woman. This book covers fashions from 1920 to 1924, an often overlooked period of fashion which was a time of transition between the draped and layered fashions of the post World War I era and the free and easy gowns of the jazz age flapper.

The American Dream was a completely different notion in the 1920s as opposed to what it is now. In today's society we think of the American Dream of as living a joyful life with little worries. Hillary Clinton proposed homeownership, college, retirement and health insurance for children, as a way to define of the “American Dream”. Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush supported homeownership as part of the American Dream. In the 1920s, the American Dream wasn’t defined by your hard work, rather by means of materialism.

The American dream was exactly what it says in the title, it is a dream an American has. The reason it is called that way is because we as Americans have the freedom of being able to have our own dreams and not have someone else choose it for us. It may be different for many people, but during the 1920s and the 1950s, they were very similar. “The American Dream is a crucial thread in this country’s tapestry, woven through politics, music and culture” (Ari Shapiro). It can be very much influenced by the things around us. Although American dream was hard to achieve, it didn’t stop people from trying. These two decades had two wars, World War I and World War II. These wars had major impacts on their American Dream.

The 1920’s in America was a time of experimentation, economic prosperity, and political conservatism. After World War I, the United States experienced the Great Migration, Prohibition, and immigration restrictions. It was a time for internal conflicts to arise because of bewildering change.

The american dream is a very broad topic. It is a very broad topic because because the american dream is different for everyone.The definition of the american dream “is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” I agree with the definition of the american dream. I feel as though if I have the ability to have equal opportunity and achieve success I am living the american dream.

In my opinion the entire idea of the American dream is that anyone from anywhere in this nation has the chance to work hard a become successful, now that doesn't mean that it's not going to be harder for some than other however the opportunity is there for everyone regardless. And this affects our society because that concept is what molded our society from the beginning. I think it is in a way easier to pursue the American dream in modern society in comparison to the 20’s because the stock market had crashed and everything had gone bad for awhile. And that made it almost impossible to go to school, work and all together pursue being successful. But once some time went by and the stock market returned to where it needs to be and everything

Now it stands for the unreachable dream that lives inside all people. For Nick, life is a constant struggle between our past mistakes, experiences, and sense of reality, which pull us back and weigh us down, and the green light of unrealistic hope that drives us to think we will do better and achieve more the next day. Just as Americans have given America meaning through their dreams for their own lives, Gatsby instills Daisy with a kind of idealized perfection that she neither deserves nor possesses. Gatsby’s dream is ruined by the unworthiness of its object, just as the American dream in the 1920s is ruined by the unworthiness of its object—money and pleasure. Like 1920s Americans in general, fruitlessly seeking a bygone era in which their dreams had value, Gatsby longs to recreate a vanished past—his time in Louisville with Daisy—but is incapable of doing so.

In his article The Funds, Friends, and Faith of Happy People David G. Myers analyzes results of different surveys and researches in attempt to answer the question: “does money make people happier?” The conclusion suggests they do not. While many people have an opposite opinion, facts show the correlation between money and happiness weakens with the increase of income.