Analysis Of Robert Wuthnow's American Dream

Register to read the introduction… (502). Throughout Wuthnow?s essay, he states that Americans are complaining about working too much and not having enough time to relax; for those reasons, I believe that spare time is a crucial part of my American Dream. Most people who spend a majority of their day working are not truly happy; they wish they had just a little more time to relax and be with their spouses and children. It seems as if now more than ever we have less time to relax: ?Despite the fact that leisure time is less abundant than it was a century ago, many people are thus pressured to find enough time to relax and pursue any of their interests? …show more content…
To me, it is without a doubt, the most important part. Robert Wuthnow fails to mention good health as a part of anyone?s American Dream. I believe that when it comes to living a so called ?perfect life? there is nothing more important than having good health. A person can have all the money in the world; a person can have all the spare time in the world; a person can have the most loving family in the world; however, what good is all of this if he or she is dying from an incurable disease? In the United States, we currently have so many diseases that are sure death wishes; currently we have so many people that are infected with these diseases. Some of these people are millionaires; some of these people absolutely love going to work everyday; some of these people are retired. What does this prove? You can have all the money in the world; you can have the best job in the world; you can even have all the spare time in the world; however, if you were to ask any of these individuals what they would want more than anything else, they would all have the same answer: good health. This simply proves that there is nothing more important than having good