• There are a few events that directly related to the dream that I wished to point out the first being in Kamp’s essay he mentioned that Obama achieved The American Dream by becoming president. His dream seemed to coincide with the idea that it means to become rich and famous by holding one of the most prestigious offices in our government. Bill Clinton’s 1997 State of the Union address in which he says America is exceptional because it is the home of an idea-and that idea is the American Dream. His example is not that he has achieved, but more so he is discussing what the American Dream means to him and how it apart of the American identity. According to Cullen, people do have different ideas as to what the American Dream means to them. And
