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    Salvador, my beloved home country again. I desperately yearn to grasp a ticket that satisfied me a spot on the following flight. As a foreigner in the United States, I was unaware of the diversity of races, tongues, and cultures. Since, I was not accustomed to mingle with various species than my own, I eagerly desired to flight back and surrender the thought of acquiring my American Dream. Astonished…

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    important thing here is not the subject of his anger or he but the fact that she doesn’t want problems in her class. The teacher should be very careful with labeling the children as angry because they can start feeling and believing in that label. In my opinion, the best way to deal with the problem is to speak with the family separately and to decide if the child needs a help from a specialist. Actually, at the end she finds way to reach him through going with him to his church. By providing…

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    What is an American Dream? Does American dream represent having good life or improving individual’s social, economic and political status? American writer and historian, James Truslow Adams, defines the American dream as “…dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” (The Balance). He went on say that American Dream is not “… a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social…

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    “The American Dream,” states historian James Truslow Adams, “is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” It is known as the common goal amongst many that thrive in America; although, that is not always the case. In the years since Adams himself first coined the term, opposing sides have grown to relate the American Dream with the corruption that follows its devastating failure,…

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    achieve the American dream.” Within the veins of every American streams the positive motivation to thrive. The Great Gatsby, a novel by Scott Fitzgerald, embodies one of the most significant themes which is related to the corruption of the American dream. The American Dream is a social philosophy of the United States, the set of standards in which freedom includes the opportunity for wealth and achievement. The Great Gatsby exhibits to all the readers what has occurred to the American Dream in…

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    American Dream is the dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to achieve the fullest stature of which they are capable of, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the of birth or position. It is not a fact if you born poor. American dream could…

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    The American Dream Is the American Dream a myth or reality? According to Dicitonary.com, the American Dream is defined as the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, and initiative. The American dream is a goal that is strived by Americans and foreigners alike, but the idea behind it gets convoluted because of different interpretations. These different interpretations fall under two spectrums: public and individual…

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    The American Dream means something different to everyone, based on how they have lived their life and their own experiences. To me, The American Dream is going from “normal” to extraordinary, and to be determined. Everyone strives for their own American dream. I feel like people need to be determined to achieve The American Dream. With being determined, you are more than likely going to be successful if you work for it. Some would say that The American Dream is being rich, or being able to buy a…

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    Willy believes that he has achieved the American Dream, which is the idea that all U.S citizens have an equal opportunity of becoming successful and wealthy through their hard work and determination. His belief of achieving this American Dream causes him to not realize where he stands in society and eventually forces him to mistreat his family as a result. Willy tends to live in his world where he is different from everyone and thinks of this American Dreams as something he has achieved and is…

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    Americans I believe thought that the “American Dream” was the idea of having equal opportunity and the ability to live how you please. When my parents first came to the US, they had the same ideology of the America, but once it was revealed that the “Tooth Fairy” didn’t exist, they were brought into the reality that is “the…

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