James Truslow Adams

The American Dream The American dream is thought to be many different things. Every individual has their own idea of the American Dream. Even I have my own opinion of this “Dream” The actual idea of the American Dream started about 400 years ago. You could say it started with the Declaration of Independence. Some say this idea has been around forever. Up until about 400 years ago no one had the courage to push forward the idea and progress. The dream was also reimagined around the 1890’s.…

Shelly M. Moyal July 25th,2016 Ms.Marquard English 4 Honors Northeast High school Summer Reading Questions - The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 1. Please summarize your view of the idea known as the “American Dream,” as you understand it. Is your understanding of this concept significantly different from the way Gladwell seems to define it? In my understanding of the "American Dream" is a greater apparition. The thought of being wealthy is equivalent to being successful. For society…

Immigrants have a larger passion for the American Dream, because of their tragic social and economic status that lead them to leave their old life to start a new. Mexico is in deep poverty and their workforce is not trained and treated unfairly. For example, around 25 million Mexican workers make less than fourteen dollars a day, and they believe that if they escape to the US they can start a new life. Furthermore, forty-five percent of the population exists under the poverty line, and ten…

The American Dream, it is thought to be both an idea and a reality, but is it both? The dream is dependent on how it is interpreted, Social Class, and how it is obtained. The dream has Changed over generations due to American's having more rights and more freedoms, although it has changed it still has a huge impact on the lives of Americans. The first thing kids get asked in school is “What do you want to be when you grow up?” This question is what first sparked the idea of The American…

What exactly is the American Dream? To many people in the United States the idea and the meaning behind the American Dream has faded away to an unreachable scheme. To others the American Dream is the ideal of having a nice family with a house surrounded by a white picket fence keeping all of the problems and issues that you face outside the borders. Particularly, to me, the American dream is being able to live a nice and prosperous lifestyle with a beautiful house and children. Many things go…

Gar Alperovitz’s article “Renovating the American Dream”, in The Engaged Reader, puts into perspective the manner in which the American society has faced challenges over the years. This article is founded on factual evidence as it presents the aspects surrounding the American dream using well-founded statistical data. The article for instance points out the fact that the society has developed to have a large gap between the rich and the poor and this is articulated with the statistical fact that…

The America I believe in is a really great country. For example, we have the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, and the freedom of assembly, which were principles established by our country’s founding fathers. But many people take these freedoms for granted. Many other countries don’t have these freedoms. Some countries have a dictatorship that tells them exactly what to do and they have few liberties if any. But we have a democracy where we can elect our own representatives. We…

consequences can be rewarding, if one chooses poorly, the consequence can be disastrous. This is expressed in the bible when it says: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7, Authorized King James Version). Many fail to understand this and act with haste out of a desire to become something they are not. Even so, Willy, out of hubris, continued to maintain an outward appearance of success by practicing deceit which lead to a…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “Winter Dreams”, he suggests that the American Dream is a desire for glittery items. Being successful was Dexter’s desire, but Judy Jones was his infatuation. At a young age, Dexter had dreamed of being as successful as the men he had caddied for. After laying his eyes on Judy Jones, Dexter perceived that he would never have Judy, but she quickly became his most unreachable goal in life. When Dexter had quit his job as a caddie due to the way Judy was…

America’s Promise This quote, “ I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.”, is by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Ros-Lehtinen’s quote apprehends the American dream the same way, Franklin D. Roosevelt's essay, “Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty”, and Frank Leslie's, illustration, “Scene on the Steerage Deck” does because they all three acknowledge the American…