America is no longer the Land of Opportunity that Uncle Sam so boldly embodied. Instead, it is now a siren that sings the Star Spangled Banner and lures millions into her den where they are cast under her spell “The American Dream”, only to be crushed afterward by the cruel reality; The American Dream is dead. It is now for sale to those who can afford it. Dating back to the reconstruction when America was rebuilt with the blood and sacrifice of thousands of Americans-White, Black, Native-Americans- who labored to see their land flourish the American Dream began brewing. They looked to the sky and found in themselves the glory of America and established, henceforth, what is now recognized as the American Dream. It was an Illusion “that
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Those who have access to money have access to the world and according to Adrian Furnham “…money is magical. It has the power to build and destroy and to do literally anything … Money opens doors; it talks loudly; it can shout but also whisper. Most importantly its influence is omnipresent.” (The New Psychology of Money, 118). Not only can money open doors but it can also create them. With the money you can buy yourself a college education, take shortcuts, and never have to worry about next month’s rent being overdue. The only thing to do is “Save all you can” (Bridget Casey, Why you’ll Never be Rich: The American Dream Is Dead). It gives you a sense of security and liberty being able to know that you can have what you want at any moment you desire. That’s what the American Dream is about, and having money makes it all the easier to procure, but this only applies to 1% of …show more content…
In the end Gatsby dies, Daisy leaves with her husband wanting to forget the events that happened, and Nick is left attending Gatsby’s funeral. The moral of this story was that no matter how hard you try to attain something that never belonged to you in the first place it will never be yours. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us,” (Fitzgerald, 180). So try as we might the American Dream doesn’t belong to us anymore, it’s just there for us as a pretext to work and slave on so the higher 1% can take our money. In a post in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette it
Those who have access to money have access to the world and according to Adrian Furnham “…money is magical. It has the power to build and destroy and to do literally anything … Money opens doors; it talks loudly; it can shout but also whisper. Most importantly its influence is omnipresent.” (The New Psychology of Money, 118). Not only can money open doors but it can also create them. With the money you can buy yourself a college education, take shortcuts, and never have to worry about next month’s rent being overdue. The only thing to do is “Save all you can” (Bridget Casey, Why you’ll Never be Rich: The American Dream Is Dead). It gives you a sense of security and liberty being able to know that you can have what you want at any moment you desire. That’s what the American Dream is about, and having money makes it all the easier to procure, but this only applies to 1% of …show more content…
In the end Gatsby dies, Daisy leaves with her husband wanting to forget the events that happened, and Nick is left attending Gatsby’s funeral. The moral of this story was that no matter how hard you try to attain something that never belonged to you in the first place it will never be yours. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us,” (Fitzgerald, 180). So try as we might the American Dream doesn’t belong to us anymore, it’s just there for us as a pretext to work and slave on so the higher 1% can take our money. In a post in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette it