The American Dream Of The United States

Does being American mean that you’re an American citizen, or does it mean that you have the same rights and decisions as someone who is a successful American citizen? These decisions include choices you make in order to better yourself in life, whether it has to do with your choice in career, or what you want to do in life. Making decisions, and having choices comes with freedom, as a person, and that reflects on being an American everywhere in the world, even though you’ve never been in America. To be an American means that you have the freedom, and rights to do what you want, be who you are, and be/ become who you want. This right of having the freedom to do what you want, can be elaborated by someone’s life chances.

"The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work” (Fabrizio Moreira). For many years, men and women struggled to achieve the idealistic life of living on independent terms. Many characters in Of Mice and Men work in order to pursue and achieve the American Dream that consisted of having their own house and income. Characters in the book may use that dream to help the overcome their life struggles and personal problems. Of Mice and Men tells the story of two friends, George and Lennie, who find themselves on a ranch in pursuit of their dreams. Unfortunately for them, circumstances beyond their control cost Lennie and George their dream and much more. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck portrays how dreams create a false sense of hope in order to cover up the realities of life through George, Curley’s wife, and Candy.

The American Dream is something that should be for anyone who wants to achieve success, and prosperity through the hard work and determination. According to Webster Dictionary, immigration is the act of moving to another country which is not their native to live there permanently. Many people from all over the world are suffering from hunger, having a polluted country and suffering poverty before you want to be selfish think about all those people who wish to have one fourth of what we all have in America and to be part of the El Dorado where people do not suffer a lot as other countries. Several people from all over the world specially form third world countries that are in war try so hard to complete the Odyssey to the United States for a better life where their dreams can come true. Immigrants who make it to the United States face many discriminations which makes their life harder and difficult. Now those immigrants, how many call them are teachers, doctors, dentists, engineers, and many more occupations and their contributions have a great impact in United Sates. Not only does Mexicans try to come to America to complete their dream come for example also Canadians, Syrians, Cubans and Indians as many other more. Every year more and more immigrants are coming in to United States. The immigrants who crosses the boarder with the hope for a better life have come to be successful at achieving their American Dream and the United States is rapidly increasing their population due

The American dream is a subjective idea that can mean money and fame for some or just the idea of freedom to others. What we believe is our path to reach this dream determines whether or not we are blinded by corporations’ image of the “American Dream”. Corporation’s main goal is to subtly coerce consumers into believing in the corporate world’s idea of the “American Dream”. They accomplish this by placing consumer’s into general categories which depicts how they will consume and place them in a cycle of false-consciousness which ultimately leads to the circulation of money within the rich and the stunting of the poor’s “hope” and possibility to obtain a better life. The barrier that stops low class citizens from advancing creates a “new primitive” society in which everyone blindly participates in the “norm” and becomes stuck in time.

The American Dream: Is it fact or fiction? In the United States’ Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers set forth the idea of an American Dream by providing the American people with the recognizable phrase “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (USHistory.org). The green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s dock symbolizes Jay Gatsby’s “pursuit of Happiness” in the novel, The Great Gatsby, set in the 1920s on Long Island, New York (Fitzgerald, F. Scott). The American Dream is defined as “the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. The American Dream is achieved through

Is the american dream still possible and was it always possible for everyone the american dream was this great idea that everyone can retire at a certain age always have a job. And not matter what race or country you come from or what you looked like but it wasn't always like this and still isn't.

Acclaimed writer and professor of English literature, Azar Nafisi said “The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream”. The American Dream is the “ideology that states that if people work really hard and are determined to achieve their financial goals, they will attain financial success” (Tyson). The Marxist belief that the American Dream is a restrained belief system is widely evident in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The means by which some people pursue this dream ultimately results in the destruction of the dream itself. This is explored through the narcissist attitudes of the individuals who are living the American Dream, the alternatives the proletariat population uses to obtain the dream and the widespread evidence of the unachievability of the dream itself

People and family outside the United States will risk and sacrifice anything to get the chance to come to the United States to seek the American Dream, and equal opportunity to achieve success through liberty and pursue their dreams of happiness. My father was one of those people who made it out, to survive one of the most impoverished counties in the world. My father, Isaac E. Otitigbe, was born on December 25th, in 1958, in the city of Ishan, located inside of Delta State, Nigeria. He is dark skin, six feet tall and weighs one sixty pounds. He is a hard worker and never settles for less. Although he had to overcome many challenges, he made it to the United States to achieve his dream.

Throughout the novella “Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck, a number of themes are developed such as the American dream, friendship, and loneliness. The American dream is developed especially well all through the novella. Right from the start, the reader gets a feeling that the American dream will play a large role in the plot of this story when George and Lennie are being chased, “‘I remember the rabbits, George.’” (4), then developed a little as George tells Lennie about the rabbits “‘With us it ain’t like that. We got a future.’” (14). The theme of the american dream is forgotten towards the middle of the book as other themes are developed, but is picked up later after Lennie kills his mutt on accident and tells Curley’s wife; “‘Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes…’” (89). The American dream finally ends for George and Lennie in the end, “‘And i get to tendd the rabbits.’ … And George raised the gun and steadies it … He pulled the trigger.” (105-106).

My dad moved to the United States at a very young age. He crossed the border illegally many times trying to pursue the American dream, but despite of all the failures he never gave up. On the other hand, my mom moved here with a visa after marrying my dad. Both of them struggled to survive, especially since their lifestyle was completely different.

I often hear that destiny has been predetermined for each individual. On the other hand, I prefer to believe that I control my own. My brother, sister, and I are first generation in this great country. The opportunity to reach the American dream was presented to my parents and they graciously took advantage. Every day I am grateful to have been born in this country, and always knew that one day I would serve the United States of America.

To all Americans, as well as the rest of the world, the U.S. is all about equality, freedom, opportunity, and dreams. People worldwide immigrate to the United States, and each one of them for a different reason. Whether that reason is due to a bad environment in their homeland, or a chance at a better life in the U.S., there is one thing in common- they all end up here to pursue their own version of the “American dream”. This results in a diverse population with ideas being brought together from all around the world. That is one of the many factors that make the country successful. Another thing that makes the United States unique is the ability to fight for what the citizens believe is right, therefore creating a very welcoming environment

The United States is known for the American Dream. The belief of this was that every citizen, no matter the class, rights, race, or gender, should have the same opportunities to succeed. People wanted to start their own business, get an education, start a family, and pay to send them off to college. The motto went from, “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” from the Ford administration to “success is not given, it is earned” which was created during Obama’s presidency. This dream has become increasingly difficult to achieve over the past few years, unless you are one of the top 1% super wealthy citizens. Corporations have been attempting to take control of the government and to make sure that they stay on top while everyone else struggles to

Imagine coming into a country not knowing much about its culture and much less its language, where the social barriers are already enough of an obstacle to hobble around, but money must be earned, and children must be supported. This sounds insane, almost, but the hope of the American dream in my parents’ minds kept them steadfast in their wish to live it, and here I am today, writing this essay for UT Austin because of it. Growing up as a first-generation American citizen in a family where Russian tradition builds the foundation of the house presented me with a wide variety cultures and a unique point of life, especially in the eyes of my ever so curious classmates.

The united states of America is a place where everyone have freedom to do whatever they want to do. People also have rights to stand up against other people and to express. People from other countries comes to The United States of America to get freedom and to live high life. People from all around the world comes to the united states to achieve American dream. 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. In order to achieve American Dream, they have to work hard and take risks in life, they also have to scarify. Everyone have different ideas to achieve American Dream, for example after getting a well-paying job kid