The American Dream isn’t just a simple dream. It’s a hope one has for not only their country, but for themselves as a hardworking US citizen. There are many different categories of people in which these dreams are aspired. Women, men, farmers, the lost generation are all capable of pursuing the American dream but each and every one displays their dreams in different ways.
The Lost Generation was a group of young modern artists, writers, and dreamers who wanted to see America as non-materialistic and unoccupied in countless war efforts, unlike the country that existed. They saw such potential for their country and how great she could become. This group of modernists were given their title “The Lost Generation” by Gertrude Stein. Stein came upon this clever name one day when a group came into her salon in Paris to discuss their aspirations.
One of the Lost Generation's greatest inspirers was Ernest Hemingway, perhaps even the best Lost Generation writer. Hemingway expressed these “lost” ideas in one of his most famous novels, “The Sun Also Rises”. This novel took place in Paris and talked a lot about the ideas Europeans countries possessed and how this group of lost generation Americans wanted to be a part of it. This rapidly growing group of 30,000 people was attracted to the “artistic license, sexual freedom, and the absence of prohibition” …show more content…
Those who earn their money, like main characters Jake and Bill, deserve it and can be trusted but those who waste it, like other main character Lady Brett Ashley, are not to be trusted by any means”(78). The main idea of earning your money and using it wisely definitely falls into a major category of American culture today; Capitalism. Capitalism and Entrepreneurship really do tie into the American Dream in a sense that capitalism is the actual American dream to a lot of
The Lost Generation was a group of young modern artists, writers, and dreamers who wanted to see America as non-materialistic and unoccupied in countless war efforts, unlike the country that existed. They saw such potential for their country and how great she could become. This group of modernists were given their title “The Lost Generation” by Gertrude Stein. Stein came upon this clever name one day when a group came into her salon in Paris to discuss their aspirations.
One of the Lost Generation's greatest inspirers was Ernest Hemingway, perhaps even the best Lost Generation writer. Hemingway expressed these “lost” ideas in one of his most famous novels, “The Sun Also Rises”. This novel took place in Paris and talked a lot about the ideas Europeans countries possessed and how this group of lost generation Americans wanted to be a part of it. This rapidly growing group of 30,000 people was attracted to the “artistic license, sexual freedom, and the absence of prohibition” …show more content…
Those who earn their money, like main characters Jake and Bill, deserve it and can be trusted but those who waste it, like other main character Lady Brett Ashley, are not to be trusted by any means”(78). The main idea of earning your money and using it wisely definitely falls into a major category of American culture today; Capitalism. Capitalism and Entrepreneurship really do tie into the American Dream in a sense that capitalism is the actual American dream to a lot of