There exist millions and millions of people in the world and with all the people there also exist an infinite number of opinions of what true happiness is. To a single mother happiness might be to find love, financial stability or perhaps a combination of the two. A college student could have a desire to never have to go to school ever again and just …show more content…
They would be able to spend their life living it up with prostitutes and booze. Within everyone does exist the ability to Achieve the American dream. A person who is in the lower part of the financial spectrum might have more difficulties trying to achieve their dream then someone who has more money and connections. That does not mean that it is impossible to reach it though. I believe that all members of humanity deserve the American dream but obviously not all people will achieve it. The American dream can be reached in an infinite number of ways and all of them require determination. It even says in the Declaration of the independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (thedeclaration). The dream to be happy is great but the word that people often overlook is the word pursuit. Many believe that their happiness is something that they deserve based on their existence. Children who have grown older but not up expect to have the American Dream handed to them on a pretty perfect platter. When life is not what they had expected