Evolution Of The American Dream

A calming blue sky, white picket fence, a porch with a rocking chair, a dog running towards their owner as they get home from work, and their family waiting for the arrival of their father as he opens the door from a long day of work. Or perhaps it’s the idea of new opportunities, freedom, and equality; a place where kids can get a good education and you get back what you put in. For others it’s the theory of an ensured successful future. Are all these definitions different because they weren’t in the same town or time period? Could it be that society plays the largest role when defining the dream? If you ask a person what The American Dream is they will give a theory or an object depending on the time period and society. The world was first introduced to The American Dream in 1931 by James Truslow Adams, he explains "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." wiki.com It’s also in the Declaration of Independence which states that “all men are created equal.”wiki.com However The American Dream has always lived and always been known it just didn’t have an official name. As time went by the dream changed and adapted to different societies. In the 60’s the dream was a stay at home mom and her kids at the dinner table with a full meal waiting for their …show more content…
America is known as the “land of the free” and the dream an opportunity to work for and have a different life for them and their families. A person can start off poor and become rich where one comes from and what they look like has nothing to do with achieving The American Dream. An idea of a hardworking man receiving what he works for and having a chance to better himself and his life. An anxious immigrant hears of a possibility of work and a steady government trying to escape a corrupt leader, poverty, or starvation will jump at the