Many years ago, our founding father’s dream became a reality. They made a country where they could be free from Britain and it’s cruel rulers. Now in two thousand fourteen, the American Dream has diminished . We may have education, women’s rights, and even so many materialistic items we depend on them to live, but one right has depleted. Our Freedom. The government says “We are putting security cameras in more places so we can see what is going on,” when they really mean to say, “We are taking away your privacy.” The government says to the citizens, “You indeed have freedom of press,” but when one article about the government comes out, the government responds badly to that article. My American Dream is to have freedom restored to America. …show more content…
Samenian, lost his wife after ten days they spent together in America. Samenian had to be the mother and father to his boys, Philip and Alexander. So, he did all that he could for his two boys. Samenian put his sons into the best schools to make sure that they got the best education that Samenian never did. His American Dream was for the boys to be better educated than their father Samenian. Years past and the boys graduated from highschool, the boys could not take their father anymore. They both concurred that Samenian was choking his boys with materialistic items that they never needed. Samenian’s dream was crushed by his boys with one single devastating blow. Since, Samenian lost his sons, he wanted to find a way so that they can reconnect and reunite together somehow. That is when Samenian decided to go to college like his two sons. After samenian had graduated with a bachelor's degree, he discovered he did not need his sons to have the best education, or for Samenian myself to get an education. He discovered that they did not need anything to have a good life. All Samenian wanted was to be a good dad to his sons all along. That was Samenian’s real American
Through everybody’s eyes is their own version of the American Dream. Whether it’s the stereotypical dream with a good job, a family, and a house with a white picket fence, or it could be just getting by at the end of the month financially. The American Dream doesn’t have a specific image but rather a particular mindset. Lots of people have a goal in their life that they have to work hard to be successful towards that goal, but in most cases that goal may be unrealistic.
David Kamp's 2009 Vanity Fair article "Rethinking the American Dream" focuses on the general perception of the ‘American Dream’ and how it has evolved throughout our nation’s history. It clearly states that as the average American household's lifestyle has become more and more consumer-oriented, the original spirit that invigorated and united its people from the age of western expansion to the Great Depression has begun to fade. The dream has been dampened as the vision of "success" has become more focused on gaining material/getting rich quick, rather than working hard all throughout one’s life to attain what they want and desire.
Some people who became American didn't always have the perfect life, especially when it is taking place by individuals who struggled their whole life in a disadvantaged society. As a matter of fact they migrate to the United States so they can live their dream and to be able to acquire being called an American. Not only do they move, but also abandon everything in their old home, and move to the United States to start a new life. Sometimes children are left behind so their parents can come to the land of dreams. Due to that the many children are left without their parents in their life's. Therefore, the American dream is necessary for them because they don't have many things in their hands, such as clothing, wealth, an opportunity in life and a different lifestyle. They also look at many Americans in some countries and assume everything is simpler in the United States. Therefore, the desire of being an American can provoke into having various emotions. Occasionally when they don’t feel like they have reached their target, they may receive it in as their way of life is gone and turnover on their dream. But that’s not what an American is, an American is someone who is hardworking, shows patriotism to their country and freedom.
What is the American Dream? Is it home ownership, gaining fame or wealth, having a great family or is it gaining a peace of mind? Many people have different versions of what the American Dream is, some people believe the dream is lost, and some people are right in the middle and still believe the American Dream is still alive. “The American Dream” by Brandon King debates about what the true state is left in the American Dream now. Throughout the essay, King asks if the American Dream is dead, alive, on hold or just changing due to economic hardship. King believes that the American Dream is still alive even though there are people who believe it's not, and is defined today as the ability to work hard, plan for the forthcoming and have a
The American Dream has influenced the hopes and future of many Americans. One person’s dream will not be the same as another, because dreams are like snowflakes, there’s never two that are exactly alike. “... each person has the right to pursue happiness- not a self-indulgence, but as fair ambition and creative drive” (American RadioWorks- A Better Life). Many people may have a harder path to achieve their dream, but with hard work and their ability to freely pursue opportunity they will make a better life for themselves. In previous years there has been economic problems that may have impacted many people lives, for example the civil rights act, women’s rights, and gender equality. Many people still question if this concept is still available for everybody, if it was even real, and if it is will it exist for future generations. In this paper, it will help you understand the history and how it originated, American Dream in literature, complications and the interference that it may have, and the recurring question, is the American Dream dead or alive?
The American Dream is, in many ways, aptly named. Like dreams of sleep, it is not very grounded in reality, generally hard to replicate, and when remembered, it's a bit fuzzy around the edges. Still, it is ever present in American life. Every goal post set up seems to point along this path. The American education system is oriented to enable its students to succeed in America, and, ideally, succeed in reaching this ethereal American dream. After all, there is a reason it’s considered a dream and not a fantasy. Fantasies are impossible and improbable. Surely, something as attainable as the American Dream could never be called a fantasy. And yet the school bell still resembles factory chimes, as if to prepare children for such a job. Of course, we cannot fully blame the school system for attempting to equip its pupils for success in American life. But it must be asked, regarding schools or simply the nature of our society: is the American Dream taught? Or is it based in some
Imagine a person having what they call the “perfect life” after ploughing through his or her tough times and sticking to it and working hard after moving to America. This phenomenon is called the American Dream. Being called this due to the freedom of opportunity for prosperity and success, the American Dream is considered to be full of happiness, love, laughter, and anything one could ever hope for in life. In James Adams’s book The Epic of America, he describes the American Dream as " a vision of a better, deeper, richer life for every individual, regardless of the position in society which he or she may occupy by the accident of birth” (qtd. in Samuel). Since the birth of American, the driving force for choice has always been the
If you asked the average American, they would agree that “everyone has equal opportunity if they just work hard enough.” Although we are a nation built on the pursuit of the American dream, sociologists would have to disagree that we all have equal opportunity within society, regardless of our work efforts. We are not all born on the same playing field, some of us have have more inherent advantages while other have more barriers.
Very well crafted post. America is often regarded as having a capitalist system. Others view it as “diverse economy” where some entities can legally own private property, have the privilege to choose, and competing each other is necessary as the vital elements of absolute capitalism. I’m sure you heard so many stories about how foreigners from other countries (including my birth Country Phillipines) struggled to gain residency to fulfill the “American Dream.” The dream to have a decent job, car, house and food on our table. In where I came from, a car is a luxury, but in America it is a necessity.
“DeJoria’s advice to business startups: ‘The American Dream is definitely still alive—more people just have to realize it’s alive…” (Motavalli). The American dream is still alive and kicking.
My eyes drifted away from the exam to the window, and my mind from the rules of grammar into the book I had been reading. Displayed on my proctor's screen was this incredibly ominous timer, which let off an entrancing tick every passing second. Soon enough I had sank into the bliss of a daydream; my desk morphed into a workbench and my favorite character from the book sat on the other side. We chatted about our days, and I told him I had the english portion of the NJASK. Nodding along he advised me standardized testing was for people who needed to prove their intelligence, and that I already knew I was smart. He allowed me to confide in him in ways I could never with anyone in the real world. He offered a refreshingly genuine support that filled me with warmth. Then, his watch gave off a horrible alarm that caused my whole body to flinch with
The American dream in the United States is where citizens should have the opportunity to prosper and achieve to have a successful life. Americans today tend to believe that the American dream is impossible where people just give up in life and not try. In “I, Too” by Langston Hughes he portrays the life of an african american and how slavery was impacted at the time of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance where thousands of black people migrated from the south to the urban areas and offered more opportunities . In “I, Too” Hughes adds a statement of him being an American and him having the rights as anybody else. African Americans were trying to fight for the rights of freedom to Dream.
Our Founding Fathers established The Unites States of America based on the ideals of freedom for all, and that anyone here could become successful if they were determined, regardless of their lineage. In Europe, there was strict hierarchy, where every person knew his place, and people could not advance past what their parents had. So, historically, many Europeans have migrated to the Americas for a chance at a better life, also known as, the American Dream. This dream has never been a reality for black people. Since the inception of America, blacks have suffered through great violence and brutality at the hands of whites, beginning with slavery. Following slavery, blacks continued to struggle through oppressive laws and inequality across all facets of life. Now, decades after the Civil Rights Movement, the general consensus among many Americans is that America is now a post-racial society, despite the many injustices and horrors which still continue to happen to blacks. If racism has been eradicated, why can't blacks achieve the American Dream?
America was always seen as a county that will give everyone what they want. Immigrants that were coming to American, they believed in American Dream. People that wanted to live better life come to America and hoped that they will have an opportunity to work and get their dreams. American Dream is the heart of all American images, its controls how everyone act and what they do. Most people believe that American Dream can be if you work hard and give all your effort to the work that you do. All people try to achieve their dream, to be more successful than their parents were and grandparents. By achieving and hoping it is hard to do, the American Dream is in the minds of all Americans and also all immigrants.
The American Dream. It is the determination of the CEO, the dedication of the teacher, the will of the soldier. The dream tells us that anything can happen, that you can be anything, that capitalism and hard work are the keys to success. But is is it still within reach? Yes. The American dream is still available to anyone hoping to pluck it from the highest shelf. It can still be achieved. Albeit a bit harder than fifty years ago, the American Dream is not something physical, it’s a dream, a wish, an ideal. The American Dream is what you make of it and nobody is guaranteed anything. The Dream is available to all Americans provided they work hard enough. The biggest obstacle we face is ourselves and making the dream beyond our means to obtain. The dream has; and will hold through the toughest of times. The American Dream is available to any American willing to work hard. As George W. Bush put it; “Free market capitalism is far more than an economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream”.