Toys: The American Dream

American Toys: One could not find a better illustration of the fact the adult American sees the child as a more successful self. All toys construct a child's perception of the adult world at a basic level, building an environment which mimics an ideal environment where a version of the American dream can flourish. A version that doesn't capture the true essence of the American dream; a dream that no longer caters to ones human desires but one that caters to materialism. These days the existence of the American dream is arguable within reality but undoubtedly is a component of toys and the fantasy toys build. The American dream encompasses many ideals but, in particular, parenthood is characterized by raising an improved version of oneself. As a result children are expected to be more successful than their parents in all aspects of life. This bar is set at a young age through toys. American toys construct and define what the American dream is for a child by building an american fantasy …show more content…
Many people tend to associate the american dream with materials when in fact it is our pursuit of happiness. Evidently you need material things to pursue happiness but at a certain point though one just materialistic; that point is becoming blurred to American children. Ironically the only un-materialistic component of the American dream today is the parenthood component. It seems as though at one point the American dream got lost in translation from being a happy family to a house, car, and etc. inflated by our childhood idea that success is more objects. Some expectations include house size, cars, and objectify women as trophy wives. Perhaps your parents have a nice one-story house but they buy you a three story doll house to play with. Ones father owns a Honda Civic yet the child has a toy Porsche. Examples as such make children lose touch of what makes