For the longest time, the possibility of achieving the American dream has been debated over several different-minded individuals. In an article defining the American dream, James Truslow Adams stated “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone…[and all people] should be able to attain the fullest stature of which they are innately capable...regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position (“What is the American Dream?” 1). This dream is not only about having fancy jobs and houses but also about that which enables an individual’s contentment. The American dream is available to all who have the willpower. According to Michael W. Kraus, Shai Davidai, and David Nussbaum, [the American
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As Glenn Llopis remarked, “many people in America still believe that government will solve their problems or that big businesses will fuel the economy in a way that gets us back to normal. What used to be defined as normal—those days are gone. Long gone” (1). If big businesses were once enabling opportunities for the common folk, they are no longer capable of doing so because it was never really their responsibility in the first place. As an economy grows, these businesses give the allusion that they are the providers of fresh starts, when in reality they only provide more resources to make it easier for people to reach some level of success (Llopis 1). A company’s loyalty to their employees simply does not exist anymore. For example in the novel Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman becomes weary of traveling all the time and making no sales, so he asks his boss if he can give him a stable position in New York. Though he was not asking for much, Howard, his boss, would not help him out. Willy rants, “I put thirty-four years into this firm, Howard, and now I can’t pay my insurance! You can’t eat the orange and throw away the peel — a man is not a piece of fruit!” (Miller 58). To make matters worse, Howard fired him. Willy was in quite some debt and wanted to sustain his family, so this made him very upset because he had been working there for many …show more content…
It’s the vague promise that our lot will get better over time that gives us the patience to endure whatever indignities we suffer at the moment. It’s the belief that our kids will have a better chance in life than we do that keeps the many elements of this diverse, highly competitive society from ultimately tearing each other apart. More than anything else, it’s the fabled dream that fuses hundreds of millions of separate, even competing individual dreams into one national collective enterprise” (1). Sometimes people dream of the end goal but don’t consider the means to their vision. This country supplies plenty of resources or tools to help even the poorest, homeless person achieve his or her dreams, however; the individual must be willing to fight for it. Speaking of prosperity, Edwin J. Feulner acknowledges, “[t]he jet engine of prosperity is economic freedom, especially the freedom to take risks. To most chattering classes...the role of risk in business is dull stuff, hardly worth reporting. But they miss one gripping drama after another: Behind every great business coup is a huge risk boldly taken” (3). It is up to the individual to decide whether or not to use the phrase “the American dream” to their
As Glenn Llopis remarked, “many people in America still believe that government will solve their problems or that big businesses will fuel the economy in a way that gets us back to normal. What used to be defined as normal—those days are gone. Long gone” (1). If big businesses were once enabling opportunities for the common folk, they are no longer capable of doing so because it was never really their responsibility in the first place. As an economy grows, these businesses give the allusion that they are the providers of fresh starts, when in reality they only provide more resources to make it easier for people to reach some level of success (Llopis 1). A company’s loyalty to their employees simply does not exist anymore. For example in the novel Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman becomes weary of traveling all the time and making no sales, so he asks his boss if he can give him a stable position in New York. Though he was not asking for much, Howard, his boss, would not help him out. Willy rants, “I put thirty-four years into this firm, Howard, and now I can’t pay my insurance! You can’t eat the orange and throw away the peel — a man is not a piece of fruit!” (Miller 58). To make matters worse, Howard fired him. Willy was in quite some debt and wanted to sustain his family, so this made him very upset because he had been working there for many …show more content…
It’s the vague promise that our lot will get better over time that gives us the patience to endure whatever indignities we suffer at the moment. It’s the belief that our kids will have a better chance in life than we do that keeps the many elements of this diverse, highly competitive society from ultimately tearing each other apart. More than anything else, it’s the fabled dream that fuses hundreds of millions of separate, even competing individual dreams into one national collective enterprise” (1). Sometimes people dream of the end goal but don’t consider the means to their vision. This country supplies plenty of resources or tools to help even the poorest, homeless person achieve his or her dreams, however; the individual must be willing to fight for it. Speaking of prosperity, Edwin J. Feulner acknowledges, “[t]he jet engine of prosperity is economic freedom, especially the freedom to take risks. To most chattering classes...the role of risk in business is dull stuff, hardly worth reporting. But they miss one gripping drama after another: Behind every great business coup is a huge risk boldly taken” (3). It is up to the individual to decide whether or not to use the phrase “the American dream” to their