The American Dream is just an illusion that is created. It may seem so close that one can not miss it, but still every person manages to let it escape. As time passes and things get added on, it just gets further and further from reach. Even though people are not successful on getting their American Dream, they will risk everything they can if it means knowing they never gave up. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby strives hard for his American Dream but never fully achieves it.
America still provides access to the American Dream, to the “tired, poor, and the huddled masses.” I believe that it is possible for anyone to achieve the American dream. However it will not happen over night. Just like anything good it will come with time. Nobody is just going to wake up and have the ideal American Dream of whatever it is there are in in search for. The American Dream is true you just have to stick it out and work our way up.
This championship definetely did not end the problems in our world with racism or even for that time. It was a significant moment in which the underdogs had won, they came from the bottom and were on top now and had given their people some recognition and made them proud. Coach Don Haskins’s didn’t fix all racism issues, but he helped join black and white a little closer and help realize that we all want to be loved and have a sense of togetherness. Despite whatever adversity one faces and whatever time it is endured in, to always believe in yourself and rise above
Our freedoms are what set American’s apart from other countries. For example, the amendment is a great example of what I mean. Americans like me have the opportunity to a good education and receive a good career apart from some countries. American people of all different races and religious can live and work together because everyone is allowed an equal opportunity. Americans are united we take pride in our country.
Icon is a pretty hard thing to define but the Sign of Life in the USA editors, Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon did a pretty good job. They defined icons as “figures who have been mythologized into larger-that-life symbols that capture our imagination by embodying our deepest values and desires” (Signs 722). An American icon does not even have to be American so long as they are seen as a symbol of the values that make up “The American Dream.” Idealism, humility, bravery, tenacity, charity, and a rags-to-riches history are all qualities that American society holds in high regard. The author of the article “Larger than Life,” in Signs of Life in the USA, Jenny Lyn Bader, defines icons as famous people who are sexy and never go out of style (Bader 785).
People’s desires aren’t needs but wants. Things they feel they should have even if they haven’t really earned it. Sometimes desires and ambitions are the push you need to get the things you really want in life. Have you ever wanted something so badly you’d kill for it? The Australian printed an article called Red Maggies rise raises expectation which deals with political ambition and desire.
Having a strong work ethic and becoming successful is very important, but caring about other people and going out of your comfort zone to solve problems is equally important. Dedication to helping others should go hand in hand with the dedication people have to personally becoming successful. By simply taking the time to be interested in others, the world could change for the better in so many ways. If people were more open minded to what other people had to say, tragedies such as such as school shootings would severely decline. After analyzing the characteristics Americans possess I have come to realize there is much room for improvement, but I have faith in the American
My American Dream: Fame, Success, & Equality Many people believe that the “American Dream” has become a goal and standard that we gage our lives on. This ambition in my thought is simple; to create a prosperous and happy life. The American Dream is my motivation to work hard, go to school, and stay on a good path in life. I want a life that I can earn opposed to being given, by rising above the struggles that life offers me. Normally our society doesn’t describe their ambition of desiring more money, less stress and a bigger house to achieve the American Dream.
Everyone has a different idea for their own American Dream. To some, this dream is working hard to earn something that you will use later in life to be successful. For others, the focus is on the journey to happiness, stability and good relationships. The idea of success and the American Dream are intervened therefore they both are constantly changing and growing. However, society’s expectations may keep some from achieving their goals.
However a very accurate examination of the “American Dream” for me can be perfectly described in the article “Conceptions of The American Dream” which has an excerpt of James Truslow Adams’ novel The Epic of America where he states 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 or achievement…A dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” In other words, a land that portrays everyone regardless of their birth, achieving what their are able to do. A land where everybody is treated and seen as equals and are recognized by others for what they are despite their position in