The American Dream Failure

The American dream prevails to be a world-wide topic created by masses in hope for a society where advancing in life is a risk that millions of individuals are eager to obtain. Being an American is simply having the freedom to fail or succeed, to choose your life's path, to give up poverty and hardships for a chance at contentment. To live in the dream, means to embody "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" (Jefferson 69). America perseveres strongly despite government regulations and boundaries to success. The American dream is still accessible because those who are determined can achieve it, and those who have ambition can reach it, but because the focus has shifted to government regulations and living up to certain standards, it may not be as accessible to some. …show more content…
The rest of the world is a "small hell...where bread and man are baked together" while America is a land where dreams become reality (Ignatow 78). America is credited as a land full of people in superiority living the American Dream daily, juxtaposingly, the other 194 countries in the world are continuing their life in poverty, genocide, disease, and discrimination. America is considered a warm embrace of freedoms and advancements after escaping the "old Empires of Europe" where citizens were drowning in sickness and "long days of quarantine" (Bruchac 75). Being exposed to America's freedoms is eminently divergent from a life in a lesser developed country, where life is constantly avoiding sickness due to evolutions in medical care and technology