The lottery is used as a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at chance. All across America billions of dollars are thrown into a melange of dreams in hopes to be selected at random. Winners indolently pitch in a few dollars to the mixture to hope to become a multimillionaire overnight. Losers become ignorant hopefuls in pursuit of riches because they believe someone is “destined” to win. Similarly, the American Dream evades the majority of the American population, yet is so largely pursued. The ultimate goal of the lower and middle classes of America is to eventually grasp upper-class status. This hope is fueled by the countless hours spent fretting about overdue debts, and the
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In the past, the American Dream was to get rich quick with the rapidly growing country. Now, the American Dream is viewed as gigantic houses, expensive cars, and a seemingly endless amount of money to spend any way imaginable. Due to the changing definition of the American Dream, it is now practically unattainable for most. In order for lower-class homes to reach the top, the work has increased to further continue to achieve their dreams. Essentially, those who wish to live their life in pursuit of the American Dream have now had their chances pushed out of reach. The lower-classes dreams being pushed out of reach leaves them with no strong base to build a better future off of. The ideals of the past American Dream would have been easier to accomplish for Americans …show more content…
The task of keeping up with the constant updates is relatively difficult for some families due to low income. Due to the compulsion of improving the physical items, individuals of prominent status are idolized and “thought [of] … [as] … everything, [that] make [the] [lower-classes] wish that they were in [their] place” because they envy what wealthier people have (Robinson). Living the American Dream is being placed on a pedestal above the lower portion of the population, because materialistic ideas are worshipped in our
In the past, the American Dream was to get rich quick with the rapidly growing country. Now, the American Dream is viewed as gigantic houses, expensive cars, and a seemingly endless amount of money to spend any way imaginable. Due to the changing definition of the American Dream, it is now practically unattainable for most. In order for lower-class homes to reach the top, the work has increased to further continue to achieve their dreams. Essentially, those who wish to live their life in pursuit of the American Dream have now had their chances pushed out of reach. The lower-classes dreams being pushed out of reach leaves them with no strong base to build a better future off of. The ideals of the past American Dream would have been easier to accomplish for Americans …show more content…
The task of keeping up with the constant updates is relatively difficult for some families due to low income. Due to the compulsion of improving the physical items, individuals of prominent status are idolized and “thought [of] … [as] … everything, [that] make [the] [lower-classes] wish that they were in [their] place” because they envy what wealthier people have (Robinson). Living the American Dream is being placed on a pedestal above the lower portion of the population, because materialistic ideas are worshipped in our