The American Dream In The 1920's

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Now the American dream has actually changed over time it's not longer how it was before,but it's more like it evolved over time fusing to every generation to connect with it that's how it's different from now and back in 1920’s because of the lifestyles from then till now. “The American Dream has seen better days- much better.”(Keeping the Dream Alive) The American dream now has many different types like some are actually success and others are like having success being rich but it was easy for them to get it, easy enough that makes everyone take that route without breaking a sweat. Most people like to be given everything and they expect not to give back like if they were given enough to eat for 10 people they probably just use it for themselves and never speak of it but there's other people who would those are …show more content…
From my parents I can see how they started from the bottom to get here for opportunities in life the one I see making a really big one change in my life is my dad from where he was born to where he stands his knows the struggle about hustling from the bottom from a poor country and a poor like town that not a lot of people know how or heard about it. There's many people from all over the world like my dad come here to find opportunities to be something in life. “Hispanic-Americans and Latinos have endured danger and hardship and sacrifice many risking it all for the American Dream”(The kind of Immigrants Reform Americans Want) This is letting America know how bad Latinos and Hispanics, it's not just those people too it's everywhere around coming here for opportunities to make a living."They desire nothing more than for America to be a welcoming place once again inviting good faith newcomers to help themselves to a little apple pie, hum a few bars of the star spangled banner,and to go to work building America one dream at a

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