Some say “money can not buy happiness.” Well someone with a decent amount of money that they worked for sure is happy. Knowing that what they did made them money and they can now do they things they want and buy the things they want. In conclusion, The American Dream is still available to anyone out there. As long as you have strong work ethic and are willing to work hard at making as much money as you can and doing the best at everything you do they it can be achieved. America still provides access to the american dream to the “tired, poor, and the huddled masses.” Be smart with your money and have some determination and the American Dream will be your American
People struggle determining what the American Dream is. No one can clearly define what the American dream is but can only describe what it means to them. Many say the American Dream is coming to America to have the many opportunities and live their lives in riches. Others demonstrate that the American Dream is being treated fairly and equally, no matter what race, color skin, and family they come from. Those who are blessed enough to be born in a life of wealth and comfortable livelihood may not be able to grasp the meaning of the American Dream, but others who struggle in life and are restrained by the opportunities that did not come their way, tend to understand what the American Dream is.
Nick reflects that just as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was corrupted by money and dishonesty, the American dream of happiness and individualism has disintegrated into the mere pursuit of wealth. Though Gatsby’s dedication to transform his dreams into reality is what makes him “great,” Nick reflects that the era of dreaming—both Gatsby’s dream and the American dream—is
He sought to create opportunities for others instead of simply giving it to them the easy way. Instead of individuals getting a more money so they can spend more how about give them chances to want to learn and earn the money they desire for themselves. If you want something in life you have to go out and get it, no one will give it to you for free. Carnegie was the term for a notion promoted by many successful businessmen that their massive wealth was a social benefit for all. Carnegie believed it was better to benefit mankind then just individual’s needs.
What is the American Dream? There is not one definite answer to this hazy question. Some think that the dream is a world filled with equality, freedom, and prosperity. Others believe it is a life of personal happiness where you can chase big money and fancy cars. Several just look at it as a life better than the horrible one they are living.
The fundamental idea of the American dream is to find happiness in ones wealth and status. Although Gatsby requires money to be happy, his ultimate goal is to be with Daisy. With his wealth “Gatsby [buys] that house so that Daisy [will] be just across the bay” proving that uses his money only as a means to get what he truly wants which is Daisy (84). If he were truly living the American dream it would be the
As time progresses, we notice that monetary value has become a main concept in American societies. But should money be the center of our lives? Americans’ admiration for wealth has locked them in a closet of luxury and, as a result, blinded them from their morals and other values in life. In his book, Money and Class in America, Lewis Lapham states that Americans are driven by money and envision it as “the currency of the soul.” Unfortunately, we Americans do validate Lapham's statement by allowing our money to show our success and happiness, therefore granting the rights to show out ignorance. Because of our love for monetary means, Americans tend to flaunt their wealth to quite an extreme, which further proves that we have been “deflected by the pursuit of money,” according to
Surviving Success To become an American success a person has to have the perfect life of money, luxury, family and work in the pre-civil war era; after the civil war people suddenly found that the people who had the best lives were the people who were the happiest. Not everyone looked upon happiness as being successful, but for most American’s happiness became more important than money or social standing like with Edna in The Awakening, the outcasts in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” Huck in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and even Rosicky in “Neighbor Rosicky,” though not all of them were successful in their attempts. The American success story has become mixed up in so many different representations that one definite success
The greed that people have is one of the themes in The Devil and Tom Walker. People are willing to wage just about anything to make quick, easy, money. Back then, not a lot of people had money so it was like a treasure everyone envied. Even though in today’s society we like to say, “Money isn’t everything” we all know it’s a great proportion of everything. If we start looking toward romantic and transcendentalist ideas maybe that will change though I highly doubt it.
Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby requires a basic understanding of the social classes; this includes their status, which pertains to their wealth, leading to their popularity among true peers. The narrator, Nick Carraway, personally realized that even with all the wealth and all the popularity in the world, discrimination and prejudice due to social status would never completely fade away. Yet, to the opposing extreme, one with all wealth and highest social status would not achieve true bonds with one another. “…I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.” (Fitzgerald 17). In other words, basic respect and appreciation for one another is, naturally, distributed unevenly, the richer the more honored, the poorer the more prejudice.