Does the phrase “the American dream” differ today than from when James Truslow Adams coined the term in 1931? I feel that in some ways our idea of the American dream has changed somewhat. Change is part of life, so I think that naturally the phrase has evolved from when it was first used in 1931 to where we are today. While I feel the underlying meaning stands for opportunity, I feel that the opportunity is not attainable by all these days. In 1931, James Truslow Adams wrote in his book Epic of America that the American dream was the “dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.”(Jischke 75). To think that this book was written during the onset
