The Importance Of The American Dream

What makes people expect American Dream is dead is because, most people can not get ahead financially, the rich are more debt-free. Others has no choice, and finally Student debt is crushing a generation of non-wealthy Americans. In the article Why is the American Dream Dead in the South has stated “We should care about inequality, because it can make the American Dream harder to achieve- and it raises the stakes if you don’t. but both want to increase upward mobility. It’s not enough to keep it where it was 50 years ago. We need to actually become the land of opportunity.”(Kimel) this means, setting a goal has to balance so everyone can progress through to life, not down scale. Due to that, the goal to become the land of opportunity is still try, and never give up no matter what. Accomplishing the achievement of the land of opportunity is consider of reaching the American Dreams because everyone in the United States of America can now have a better lifestyle, and progress through

Some people think the Great Recession and rising income inequality spelled the end of the American Dream for many. But it only damaged the materialistic American Dream, which isn't achievable anyway.

The American dream has changed drastically thru our history. Back in the 1950 and 1960 the American dream was to have the house with the white picket fence and the 2 ½ kids. Now the dream for a lot of people is to be able to pay their bills and maybe have enough money to go out for a nice little dinner that you did not have to cook yourself. The American dream is dead, it is because the concept has changed from the idea that everyone can improve their life through hard work to the idea that everyone can become a millionaire through virtually no work. The United State at one point used to have everything you needed to make this dream happen. But since jobs have been moving over sees we have lost all of that. The American Dream is so

To achieve the American Dream, one must work hard and have the dedication to be successful. There are myths relating to this dream leaving lower class members to wonder if the dream exists for them. People in lower class are told if they want to be successful they must put in hard work and true effort. Once they do, they see that they are remaining in the same position they started in. In “Class of America-2012,” Gregory Mantsios states the ideas of class in the US and explains them. One myth addressed in this selection is, “Everyone has an equal chance to succeed. Success in the United States requires no more than hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance: ‘In America, anyone can become a billionaire; it’s just a matter of being in the right

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.

The American Dream is mostly impossible because of the amount of money that America is in debt. If America wasn’t as in debt as it is, the American Dream could be possible, but it would still be hard to accomplish. The American Dream began before the U.S was even born, starting in the 1600s

Anyone coming or currently living in the United States has a dream, or better yet known as the American Dream. What is the American Dream? Well, Brandon King, author of “The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on Hold?” quoted James Truslow Adams, who wrote that the American Dream “is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability and achievement, regardless of coral class or circumstances of birth”(610). Everyone’s American Dreams are all different, but a majority of them all have a few things in common, that is becoming financially fit, acquiring a good education, and pursuing the opportunities that were not available. Brandon King expresses that the ideals and values of the American Dream are very much alive. However, Paul Krugman author of “Confronting Inequalities” bring up several excellent points as well, regarding that not all Americans can pursue the American Dream because of all the inequalities Americans currently possesses. Achieving the American Dream is not impossible, but it is harder to attain now than how it used to be with social, income, and racial inequalities being the primary cause. As of now individuals has to overcome many of bias barriers to reach the American Dream which used to be a lot easier to gain back in the 1940s-50s.

The forty-first president of the United States, George W. H. Bush, once said, “The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something…” As the years fly by, so does the American Dream. With busy lives, many Americans tend to forget the purpose of the American Dream. Failing to make ends meet, not being able to afford the new iPhone and the lack of success that is not America’s fault. People create their successes and failures based on what they desire. Through a person creating their own definition, not quitting once things go wrong, and creating opportunities the American Dream still floods the streets of America today.

In the article “The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on Hold?”, written by Brandon King, he explains why he believes the American dream is still very alive. Although King believes the

The American Dream is steadily changing as time goes on and some say this is a bad thing. As different generations come about the dream changes with the people. As stated by Dan Kadlec in the article “Millennials Put Their Surprising Stamp on the American Dream” the American dream is now seen as having control over your daily life. Today 's generation has seen some of the main aspects of the original American Dream fail greatly so they have made up a new dream. With the things Millennials have seen change and go wrong they only believe that they can achieve a day to day lifestyle, but should this really be the case? In another article named “The Hourglass Society” it’s stated by Stewart Lansley that the middle class is going backwards. The idea of the ‘hourglass’ is that there are large amounts of people on the top and the bottom, but not many at all in the middle representing the middle class. This article also states that the American Dream is now only a myth and this generation only has a “fear of failing”. Many say the American Dream is dead but is the dream really dead or are people too afraid of failure? Millennials of today have seen so many bad things happen to their parents that they just settle and this shouldn’t be the case. The American Dream is only going to die if we let it happen.

Money seems to be one of the problems in reaching that dream. Financially, the people are struggling to reach that dream. According to the Oxford Journals, "The middle class has not seen it wage rise in 15 years...the middle class in this nation is falling". The middle class has fallen ever since a crisis in 2008 that is making that dream disappear slowly. On top of the middle class having problem the rate of income has gone up. "Profits rose five times faster than wages", was a comment Goldman Sachs said about the rising of income. In the financial part of the world the American dream is becoming an endless road.

I feel that the American dream does still exist. Although the nation has changed in many ways, anyone can chase their dream. Financial limitations in today’s world do affect people and their dreams of what they want to do with their life. For example, a young boy has always wanted to play in the NBA, his family has money, he has a basketball goal in his yard, he is in a recreational league and his parents can also afford to let him play travel basketball year round. He has so many resources giving him a better opportunity to make it rather than another kid whose lifestyle is the complete opposite.

The American dream is very important to many people and it is one of the reasons people move to this country. Even though mostly everybody can have the American dream, some people think it is gone. In the article who still believes in the American dream, Karen Tallulah said “the American Dream is dead because nobody has values anymore.”this is showing that when she lived the American dream she had values that give her it, but nobody has values so they can't have the dream. On other reason is that people think the dream is all materialistic like in the article “What is the American Dream” it states “American Dream has become the pursuit of material prosperity - that people work more hours to get bigger cars, fancier homes, the fruits of prosperity

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.

In the article “Hiding from reality” by Bob Herbert he thinks the American dream is long gone. People are in denial about how the system has changed such as the economy going down by high unemployment, budget deficits and the rise in taxes and fees. In contrast to that the article “Is the American dream over” by Carl Thomas explained how American sees a dream as having move towards the material aspect of life. Also saying it’s our own fault were in this situation due to our over spending and over regulating government. There is a drastic change in each generation since they have their own way of living in their community.