James Truslow Adams

“I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow,” the famous Astronaut Buzz Aldrin wrote (BrainyQuote). Indeed, the reader is exposed to the true nature of the American Dream through the observations of Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby.” During the great immigrations of the late 1800s, many believed that America was a land of opportunity and that anything was possible. The dream was to better your…

The American Dream is the desire for success and the the ability to be able to achieve the success quickly. Even those who are born in this country still wish to live the American Dream. In the Great Gatsby, wealth and unconditional love are the dreams that F. Scott Fitzgerald's characters long for. Lies and death cannot disrupt their needs to maintain the luxurious lives they already live. F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the struggle for existence in the Jazz Age and the hurt all humans face in…

What is an American? Land of the Free, Home of the Brave Being an American is having the right to pursue a life full of freedoms and limitless opportunities. America provides an experience like no other country can offer. People from all over the world have been and continue to be inspired by the American way of life. In Letters From an American Farmer written by Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur, he focuses on European settlers living in America, who strive for a refreshing restart and a…

The culture, the most precious treasure in people’s life, an effective way to comprehend a new country, records histories of the country, has the spiritual meaning for residents, accelerates hundred and thousand people to pursue the success, plays an important role in the society. In the rent days, The term “ dream” has been admitted a rich point due to its various forms of use by different sets of cultural background group with the different nations. The word “ dream” is famous for American…

America is a land of freedom and pride, given to us by our founding fathers and the hard work of many men and women before us. Through the years many people have come here seeking fame, wealth, family, or even just freedom-they came seeking their dream, their American Dream. Many still do today, including my dream of being absolutely free, not to an extent where you are able to take the freedom from others, but to be able to do what you want to do and have nobody tell you no. Today, I believe…

Fictitious and unreachable, the American Dream is sought out by many Americans who hope to prosper, become rich, and achieve a high spot in society. The American Dream was proven fatal in An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, one of the best naturalistic authors of all time (Lipking). The desire for the American Dream begins with enforcement of society’s ideas upon an individual; that individual then strives to obtain whatever society has deemed socially acceptable, which leads to his or her…

Death of a Salesman The American Dream is based on the belief that if a person works hard enough, he will be successful. Willy Loman, the protagonist in Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman,” believed in this warped perception of the American Dream. Willy worked his entire life as a traveling salesman in an attempt to provide the best for his family. In his life, Willy was happiest when he possessed a new car and new household appliances. In his later years, as those possessions began to…

Death of a Salesman From the outset death of a salesman portrays the pitfalls of the American dream. The dream centred on the high chance that anyone can strike it rich in this Land of opportunity. Even in 1950s USA people were still taking a chance on this myth. Death of a Salesman shows the traps of the dream. The failures centred on poor Willy Loman This fine line between making it and become your average Joe becomes heavily apparent when Willy decides he has had enough and kills…

For Willy, his adventurer / explorer brother, Ben, and his salesman hero, Dave Singleman, are images of success, but the character of Ben is fantastical and the achievements of Dave are idealised and exaggerated. Using these as his benchmarks, Willy can never achieve the success he so desperately craves. Through a series of flashbacks in the play, where we witness Willy's persistent efforts to make the American Dream a reality for himself and his family, Miller launches a scathing attack on the…

Walker is determined to become very wealthy and he will “have nothing less than the complete American dream” (Washington 114). He wants to use his father’s insurance money to open a liquor store. He thinks that becoming wealthy will give him some sort of escape from his daily routine in his life. This causes many problems between Mama, Beneatha, and his wife, Ruth. Far from being a great listener, Walter does not realize he must listen to his family’s concerns to help them out with their…