For many the American Dream is just that, a dream. It is almost inconceivable to some people that they could ever reach the goal of being successful and comfortable in the United States, but that has never stopped anyone from trying their hardest to achieve this feat. For some though that goal is not as unattainable as it is for others and the reason for this is because there is no set definition of the American Dream. The meaning of the American Dream varies for each person and therefore the road to accomplishing his American Dream can differ greatly. These alternate perceptions based on the person can lead to one person believing he has failed in his pursuit of the American Dream, while another may be convinced that he has accomplished his
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This almost immediately leads to some differentiating opinions that can catalyze some serious arguments and even national debates. In David Zinczenko’s “Don’t Blame the Eater” he talks about how some American people are becoming obese and how some people believe that the companies that produce the unhealthy food, not the consumers, are what are to blame for the demise of America’s health. There had even been a significant number of court cases in which the consumer sued the corporation for millions of dollars, blaming them for their obesity. This brings about the question of whether or not Americans should have what they eat regulated to where they are much more unlikely to gain massive amounts of weight. this statute would mean strict regulations would be coming to fast food establishments and that their menus would be altered greatly. This is similar to the scrutiny that the tobacco industry received as their product had been proven to cause illnesses such as lung cancer, just as fast food can cause obesity and heart disease and the sudden push for their to be …show more content…
That said, it is certainly not an easy task to obtain a job in today’s American society and this is previewed in an excerpt from “The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream” by Barabara Eherenreich. In the snippet Ehrenreich decides to go undercover and see if she will be able to land a job in today’s job market. Throughout the introduction she talks about how it will certainly not be easy to acquire a solid job, but she is still fairly confident that she will find one and then when she finds one she will have a relatively easy time, and not lose her identity to keep her job. She lets the reader know this was not the case when she says, “As far for behavior, I imagined that I would be immune from the constant subservience and obedience demanded of low-wage blue-collar workers, that I would be far freer to be, and express myself. As it turns out, I was wrong on all accounts” (Ehrenreich 270). Her comments show the reader that she had far from a delightful time at her job, and that in order to keep it, she had to give up her social life. This raises the question of whether the American Dream means working at your dream job, even if it means you go through monetary problems along the way, or if it means to have a steady and dependable job that will put food on the table for a family. By an
This almost immediately leads to some differentiating opinions that can catalyze some serious arguments and even national debates. In David Zinczenko’s “Don’t Blame the Eater” he talks about how some American people are becoming obese and how some people believe that the companies that produce the unhealthy food, not the consumers, are what are to blame for the demise of America’s health. There had even been a significant number of court cases in which the consumer sued the corporation for millions of dollars, blaming them for their obesity. This brings about the question of whether or not Americans should have what they eat regulated to where they are much more unlikely to gain massive amounts of weight. this statute would mean strict regulations would be coming to fast food establishments and that their menus would be altered greatly. This is similar to the scrutiny that the tobacco industry received as their product had been proven to cause illnesses such as lung cancer, just as fast food can cause obesity and heart disease and the sudden push for their to be …show more content…
That said, it is certainly not an easy task to obtain a job in today’s American society and this is previewed in an excerpt from “The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream” by Barabara Eherenreich. In the snippet Ehrenreich decides to go undercover and see if she will be able to land a job in today’s job market. Throughout the introduction she talks about how it will certainly not be easy to acquire a solid job, but she is still fairly confident that she will find one and then when she finds one she will have a relatively easy time, and not lose her identity to keep her job. She lets the reader know this was not the case when she says, “As far for behavior, I imagined that I would be immune from the constant subservience and obedience demanded of low-wage blue-collar workers, that I would be far freer to be, and express myself. As it turns out, I was wrong on all accounts” (Ehrenreich 270). Her comments show the reader that she had far from a delightful time at her job, and that in order to keep it, she had to give up her social life. This raises the question of whether the American Dream means working at your dream job, even if it means you go through monetary problems along the way, or if it means to have a steady and dependable job that will put food on the table for a family. By an