The American Dream or the American Nightmare?
The American Dream is rights and freedoms. It's being able to accomplish and succeed at anything you strive for.The American dream is working hard for what you have and being able to achieve anything you put your mind to.ll men are created equal.In the Declaration of Independence historical document, the American Dream is defined by stating, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." (pg. 69. Paragraph 1). In modern day society, certain jobs and opportunities provides for the American Dream to still be achievable in modern day society. The American Dream is still accessible …show more content…
For example, in "Roberto Acuna Talks about Farm Workers", it states that "working in the field isn't easy work but if we were given regular hours, better pay, descent housing and better medical pay it would be a relaxing job
(Terkel 91). Americans should have better working conditions then what they have. For example, in a raisin in the son, "the mom said why don't you stay home and the kid said we can use the money" ( Hansberry 84). The daughter wants to work so she can have money to get what she wants.
However, the transitioning of our society into the 21st century and the shift of expectations from being given everything to having to work for things may prevent it from being acceptable to all. Michelle works 16 hours a week in the financial-aid office at the university (Wallechinsky 65). “She is going into debt so the Michelle can go to college” (pg. 65). The American is still achievable if you work for it. The American dream is for ever who seeks after it. The American dream can still be achieved by everyone if they want to try for
The American Dream is rights and freedoms. It's being able to accomplish and succeed at anything you strive for.The American dream is working hard for what you have and being able to achieve anything you put your mind to.ll men are created equal.In the Declaration of Independence historical document, the American Dream is defined by stating, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." (pg. 69. Paragraph 1). In modern day society, certain jobs and opportunities provides for the American Dream to still be achievable in modern day society. The American Dream is still accessible …show more content…
For example, in "Roberto Acuna Talks about Farm Workers", it states that "working in the field isn't easy work but if we were given regular hours, better pay, descent housing and better medical pay it would be a relaxing job
(Terkel 91). Americans should have better working conditions then what they have. For example, in a raisin in the son, "the mom said why don't you stay home and the kid said we can use the money" ( Hansberry 84). The daughter wants to work so she can have money to get what she wants.
However, the transitioning of our society into the 21st century and the shift of expectations from being given everything to having to work for things may prevent it from being acceptable to all. Michelle works 16 hours a week in the financial-aid office at the university (Wallechinsky 65). “She is going into debt so the Michelle can go to college” (pg. 65). The American is still achievable if you work for it. The American dream is for ever who seeks after it. The American dream can still be achieved by everyone if they want to try for