The American Dream is and has been an enigma since the founding of the New World. Varying from person to person, mind to mind, and dream to dream, this pursuit is an ideal that does not remain constant in history. The American Dream is its own life form, as it is constantly growing and changing, evolving to the aspirations and emotional whims of the population. While expressed in a variety of ways in literature, music, and activities, this way of wanting a certain aspect of living controls a majority of the populations ambitions, to a certain degree. As Americans constantly strive for a bigger and better tomorrow, striving for a goal that is seemingly so far away for most, yet so close and unreachable to few, challenges are endured. To achieve
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Many are wary of its continuing existence, as this way of life as been depicted as decimated, long gone, or struggling to survive in the economic stagnation of current times. Previously depicted as a “world [that] was not perfect, nor was it perfectible, but the story of America was at heart the story of doing well, of conquering disease and going to the stars and defending freedom and creating wealth” and maintaining a life prosperous for a family, to provide opportunities that were not once available to previous generations (Meacham 2). In recent years, the economy has shown that obtaining middle class status is more difficult to achieve, and that the opportunity for those previous ideals to occur are declining. No more is the “sensitivity to the promises of life” as prominent as before, for hope of economic stabilization has not prevailed in some time (Fitzgerald 2). Acquiring freedom and wealth aren’t as vastly available as described in previous times in America’s history; thus, those who believe in the American Dream are mainly immigrants who come to America for the specific purpose of improving one’s
Many are wary of its continuing existence, as this way of life as been depicted as decimated, long gone, or struggling to survive in the economic stagnation of current times. Previously depicted as a “world [that] was not perfect, nor was it perfectible, but the story of America was at heart the story of doing well, of conquering disease and going to the stars and defending freedom and creating wealth” and maintaining a life prosperous for a family, to provide opportunities that were not once available to previous generations (Meacham 2). In recent years, the economy has shown that obtaining middle class status is more difficult to achieve, and that the opportunity for those previous ideals to occur are declining. No more is the “sensitivity to the promises of life” as prominent as before, for hope of economic stabilization has not prevailed in some time (Fitzgerald 2). Acquiring freedom and wealth aren’t as vastly available as described in previous times in America’s history; thus, those who believe in the American Dream are mainly immigrants who come to America for the specific purpose of improving one’s