The American Dream is anyone can find success through determination. However determined, not everyone is lucky enough to achieve such a feat. While we may all wish to become the next biggest hit, we realize that not everyone was built to be President or King or Queen. After all, if we were all rich and powerful, who would be there to do the things that must be done, like plumbing and repairs? Zinsser believes society makes neglection an almost indefinable act and that the media, through advertisements and commercials, shows successful people populating an American dream, filled with felicity, not the failure associated with dropouts. I believe that, in reality, everyone faces some type of failure at some point in life; failure is inevitable.
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We must learn from our mistakes. I concur with Zinsser in terms of the American Dream is success and how can we possibly expect perfection without practice? In paragraph 4, Zinsser states: “I want to put in a word for the fink, especially the teen-age fink, because if we give him time to get through his finkdom--if we release him from the pressure of attaining certain goals by a certain age--he has a good chance of becoming our national idol, a Jefferson or a Thoreau, a Buckminster Fuller of an Adlai Stevenson, a man with a mind of his own.” In other words, with time comes experience and experience leads to prevailance. The American Dream is confirmed by Zinsser's writing in ways that are unexplainable. Nevertheless, here we are, trying to do such anyhow. Zinsser stated “‘Don’t be afraid to fail!’ Failure isn’t fatal. Countless people have had a bout with it and come out stronger as a result.” In other words: fight for what you believe in and never give up; you can succeed, which is pretty much what the American Dream is all
We must learn from our mistakes. I concur with Zinsser in terms of the American Dream is success and how can we possibly expect perfection without practice? In paragraph 4, Zinsser states: “I want to put in a word for the fink, especially the teen-age fink, because if we give him time to get through his finkdom--if we release him from the pressure of attaining certain goals by a certain age--he has a good chance of becoming our national idol, a Jefferson or a Thoreau, a Buckminster Fuller of an Adlai Stevenson, a man with a mind of his own.” In other words, with time comes experience and experience leads to prevailance. The American Dream is confirmed by Zinsser's writing in ways that are unexplainable. Nevertheless, here we are, trying to do such anyhow. Zinsser stated “‘Don’t be afraid to fail!’ Failure isn’t fatal. Countless people have had a bout with it and come out stronger as a result.” In other words: fight for what you believe in and never give up; you can succeed, which is pretty much what the American Dream is all