State of American Dream
By definition is the ideal American Dream is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination and initiative. Although this is the definition this is very untrue of current american citizens. Many people are born in different situations and define success as something different. The American Dream is not attainable because of the continuous vicious cycle, not everyone is born with the same advantages and money doesn't always mean true happiness or everyone, therefore the American Dream needs to be redefined.
The middle class is the core of the American economy therefore, if it's not succeeding then America’s economy is not getting any better. Before the late seventies America was in the the virtuous cycle where many thrived …show more content…
Someone may be born into poverty and someone maybe be born into wealth. For example in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is a story of the wonderful life of Jay Gatsby, shows an example of the difference between rich and poor. The author exclaims, “I lived at West Egg--well, the less fashionable of the two”(9). In “The Great Gatsby” there is the east egg and the west egg which splits people who’re born rich and people are the new rich and earned their money. Jay Gatsby lives on the west egg which shows that he wasn’t born rich which shows that everybody is born in a different financial standpoint. Another example is in the article “Money Always Talks” by Daphne Merkin which discusses the state of the american dream and how the rich are different and says “..our paradoxical romance with money ranks among the oldest and most enduring”(2). This shows that for a very long time the relationship between the rich and poor has always been the same. This is another reason why the American Dream needs to be
By definition is the ideal American Dream is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination and initiative. Although this is the definition this is very untrue of current american citizens. Many people are born in different situations and define success as something different. The American Dream is not attainable because of the continuous vicious cycle, not everyone is born with the same advantages and money doesn't always mean true happiness or everyone, therefore the American Dream needs to be redefined.
The middle class is the core of the American economy therefore, if it's not succeeding then America’s economy is not getting any better. Before the late seventies America was in the the virtuous cycle where many thrived …show more content…
Someone may be born into poverty and someone maybe be born into wealth. For example in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is a story of the wonderful life of Jay Gatsby, shows an example of the difference between rich and poor. The author exclaims, “I lived at West Egg--well, the less fashionable of the two”(9). In “The Great Gatsby” there is the east egg and the west egg which splits people who’re born rich and people are the new rich and earned their money. Jay Gatsby lives on the west egg which shows that he wasn’t born rich which shows that everybody is born in a different financial standpoint. Another example is in the article “Money Always Talks” by Daphne Merkin which discusses the state of the american dream and how the rich are different and says “..our paradoxical romance with money ranks among the oldest and most enduring”(2). This shows that for a very long time the relationship between the rich and poor has always been the same. This is another reason why the American Dream needs to be