How Does Andrew Carnegie Shared The American Dream

“We accept and welcome... as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment; the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few; and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.”(-Andrew Carnegie) The book Andrew Carnegie Story written by Charlie May Simon's, Published on 1965.. This book was mainly about his success in his career, and how this important inventor became successful. This biography grasped my attention on how much he achieved in becoming wealthy and leading up to that goal. Also when you want something really bad, there is a chance that your achievement will become true with hard work and effort. According to the text, This person Andrew Carnegie, was one of the wealthiest person in …show more content…
Andrew was extremely wealthy, So he was a Philanthropist. donated money to the poor, because he had empathy for them, because he was also poor, to know how hard it was to be poor, due to his empathy, he donated over 3,000 libraries in all across America, and donated to public schools, with scholarships,and grants to universities. This is an example of how Andrew Carnegie shared his wealth. He gave 90% of his money to fundraisers without any requests. However the majority of the wealthiest people don’t share their money, they are greedy, and selfish when it comes to their money. Andrew did the opposite, he gave his money to the public for them to enjoy, This is why he is an example of an American …show more content…
It taught me about how you can be dirt poor and still be a millionaire in America, and taught me the American