Comparing The American Dream In Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run

Subsequently learning how the Republic of Greater East Asia adolescents view the government and society it became clear why some want the chance for the American dream. But, what is the 'American dream'? Simply put, it’s something from nothing. Regardless of where you are born into socially or economically you are not obliged to stay there. The American dream is possible through belief, hard work and through sacrifice not just because. When contrasted with other cultures, especially those of socialist or communist political and economic systems, the freedom of pretty much everything you can think of is possible is the American dream. The difficulty for other countries around the world is that the ‘dream’ is no longer confined to a place but has transformed into a way of life. All you must do is to earn it. These beliefs of the American dream originate in the Declaration of Independence, which states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Pair this political belief with rock music and it’s plain to see why Shuya revered rock music, especially with the song Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen. How’s that for dramatic irony?
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Two students remain. But of course, now they’re with you.” (Takami 627) So I, in the same respects will leave you the way the book left me. Thinking that one song shaped the course of one man’s actions and acted as a guiding light, a beacon of hope in the dark times. That Shuya’s dream for the American fantasy thus caused his inner non-conformist love of the decadent music of American rock and roll which became his salvation and key to freedom and the escape from government oppression through the song Born to Run by Bruce