Although some citizens are living the life of their dreams, the American Dream has died in the mind of citizens because it’s hard to live the way they dream. Some people believe that of today in this time, the American Dream is still living in those that believe in it. In some cases, some may say that it is, even though that it not look like it in someone’s point of view but it is still alive today. A way that people believe that the American Dream is still alive today is because all around the United States people are able to try to live up to their dream. For example. A reason that the American Dream is not still alive today is because of the low paying jobs of today’s society. Most American families were able to live in a nice home, had
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When someone from another ethnic group or background feels like someone from another can not live up to their standards or life style. Not so much as ethnic group, just people in general. They look at someone else that did not come up from where they started or came from and starts to put them down like they are higher in life. In situations, people look at others and think that just because they come from this place or come from that person means that they don’t have any money from what they see or what they supposedly “know”. When most people think about the American Dream or bring it up, they typically think about people that are either coming or waiting to come to America or people of the low class. For example in the book A Raisin in the Sun the mama put down payment on a house for the family to move into and to start a better life for them. When they were getting ready to move the into the house and start life off in a better direction. The chairman of the committee named Mr. Lindner says “ I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn’t enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities (Source C). In other words it is saying that he is trying to make them live because he and others of his group think …show more content…
The economy is not like it was years ago. Some from years ago can say that life was good because they were able to have a stable credit and was able to spend money on things they wanted not just things they needed. Since the Great Recession, America has not been able to recover as much as they should have. It had a larger impact on those that worked hard to get somewhere then those of the upper and middle class of the United States. Most of those that were impacted by it the most lost their jobs and only a high school education or not even that. When this happen, those that lost their jobs, it was hard to find another one. This caused a space between those of wealth and then the rest of
When someone from another ethnic group or background feels like someone from another can not live up to their standards or life style. Not so much as ethnic group, just people in general. They look at someone else that did not come up from where they started or came from and starts to put them down like they are higher in life. In situations, people look at others and think that just because they come from this place or come from that person means that they don’t have any money from what they see or what they supposedly “know”. When most people think about the American Dream or bring it up, they typically think about people that are either coming or waiting to come to America or people of the low class. For example in the book A Raisin in the Sun the mama put down payment on a house for the family to move into and to start a better life for them. When they were getting ready to move the into the house and start life off in a better direction. The chairman of the committee named Mr. Lindner says “ I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn’t enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities (Source C). In other words it is saying that he is trying to make them live because he and others of his group think …show more content…
The economy is not like it was years ago. Some from years ago can say that life was good because they were able to have a stable credit and was able to spend money on things they wanted not just things they needed. Since the Great Recession, America has not been able to recover as much as they should have. It had a larger impact on those that worked hard to get somewhere then those of the upper and middle class of the United States. Most of those that were impacted by it the most lost their jobs and only a high school education or not even that. When this happen, those that lost their jobs, it was hard to find another one. This caused a space between those of wealth and then the rest of