...Pursuing the American dream Migrating from a country to another isn’t as easy as it seems. Leaving your family and friends, can be hard because you don’t know when you are going to see them again. The destination country where you go has a different culture; therefore, a different language. However, traveling to a new country also brings new opportunities like finding a better job or education. The United States is one of the most developed countries and it offers many opportunities. People from different part of the world comes to this country in search of “The American dream”. With many people traveling to the United States, each of them brings part of their culture and traditions. Fuchs describes with a metaphor that the “United States ethnicity is like a kaleidoscope because when you look at it, you can see an endless variety...
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...The immigration of individuals to the United States is not out of the ordinary. People of all different backgrounds and beliefs come to this nation to pursue the “American Dream”. My mother “JoAnn” is one of the many who immigrated into this country to pursue that dream for not only herself but for her family as well. The first question I asked my mother was, “What culture did you come from, where did you go, and how long did you stay?” She responded saying that she was originally from Kerala, a southern state in India where she spent the majority of her life. Once she graduated college she used her degree in nursing to travel to several different Middle Eastern countries like Egypt, and Israel and it was during this time that she began her...
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...My parents arrived in America with nothing but a dream. Growing up in poverty in the Philippines, my parents worried about paying the rent in order to have a roof over their head, where their next meal would come from, and working a full-time job in order to pay for their education. Regardless of those obstacles and financial struggles, both my parents were able to complete their education, move to America, and fulfill the American Dream every Filipino dreamt of. Because of my mother and father, I didn’t have to worry about having clothes on my body, my next meal, or having a house to shelter in. Because of their experiences of growing up in a developing country, my parents raised me to value my education and the opportunities I am given since...
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...behind besides your family and your dreams can be nerve racking. However, the idea of having an abundance of opportunities kept it thrilling. This is the idea of the American dream from the immigrants point of view and in a way they received the complete opposite from America. In “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair he demonstrates through his characters what day to day life was really like for immigrants. They weren’t treated fair and were forced to live and work in dreadful conditions. Throughout this essay it will be discussed what exactly immigrants were pursuing when coming to America and how that was a false premise to their idea of the American dream. Since immigrants were labeled inferior to the rest of humanity, it made it impossible for them to follow the American dream. Immigrants came over to America to have a fighting chance, to...
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...identify the original nationality of each player. By the end of his analysis he had tallied eight different nations from five different continents. When Damon confronted the team with the notion of the American Dream, the players spoke excitedly about how open American culture was compared to their home countries and the opportunities to pursue any career they wished (Damon 1). Despite their different origins from across the globe, on the pitch this group of first, second, and third generation immigrants were all united under one nationality. This...
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...To discuss “Good Will Hunting” and the American Dream, we can find three main characters on the movie: Will, Sean, and Lambeau. A janitor at MIT, Will Hunting has a gift for mathematics and chemistry beyond his blue-collar roots, but he struggles to find his identity, living in the world. A math professor, Gerald Lambeau, discovers Will's talent and helps him out of trouble with the law. Sean Maguire, Lambeau’s former roommate at MIT, later comes in as a therapist to Will. He is the only one who can really stand up to Will's intelligence and manages to break the layer of Will’s distrust which he has developed over years of solitude. In addition, they Sean and Will develop a bond beyond friendship. Sean makes Will pursue love in his life by traveling out to California to be with Skylar. Will finally learn how living in the world with liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Sean and Lambeau with different world view decide to help Will. Lambeau engrossed on his Fields Medal which he won, and he absorbed his lucrative teaching position at the top technical college in the world. On the other hand, Sean highlights the happiness. He is teaching psychology, and he is sharing his experiences with college students. This contrasting views illustrate the American Dream from their own past experiences. Specifically, in the scene where Lambeau stands across from Sean at Sean's Office. Lambeau cares his professional reputation, he argues that “[Will] has a gift and with that gift comes ...
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...Washington 1 Jalyn Washington English 101 Professor Macy 12 April 2015 The Dream The American Dream has many definitions. There are many different answers to describe Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. The American Dream in the late 1940s was to have the “perfect American household”(The American Dream). This was to have a house in the suburbs, a steady job, being married, having a few kids, and keeping up with the Jones’. Death of a Salesman is a harsh criticism of the American Dream. The American Dream in Miller’s play is depicted as the ability to become prosperous by being well liked, the ability to start from nothing to something, and pursuing others dream. It also depends on which character is asked: Willy Loman, Ben, and Biff’s American Dream. Willy Loman’s American Dream is the ability to become prosperous by popularity. Willy believes that personality, not hard work and innovation, is the key to success. Time and again, he wants to make sure his boys are well-liked and popular. For example, when his son Biff confesses to making fun of his math teacher’s lisp, Willy is more concerned with how Biff’s classmates react. Biff says he crossed his eyes and talked with a lisp (Miller 1770). Willy giggles and asked him did the kids like it and Biff responds with “They nearly died laughing!”(Miller). They all make fun of Bernard at the beginning of the movie. Willy marks Mr. Bernard for getting his stuff together and says “Oh well he won’t ever amount to anything...
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...pursue his American dream as a Pakistani man. He works as hard as the Americans and is employed by one of the prestigious countries in America. While with the outbreak of 9/11 event, people in Islamic world are labelled as terrorists. There is no exception to Changez. He is deeply depressed by such kind of treatment, as well as disappointment from his girlfriend, Erica. His American dream breaks after his returning back to Pakistan. Through the viewpoint of the first person, this novel shows the struggling of Changez, a person from the Islamic state, that they ordinary people are not terrorists. This book report aims at ascertaining the collapsing of his dream. In a series of flashback, Changez tells us his experiences in pursuing his dream and love in America. At the very beginning of his story, he says “I’m a lover of America”. And when it comes to Princeton, he says that “Princeton inspired in me the feeling that my life was a film in which I was the star and everything was possible”. He is, at that time, a typical pursuer of American dream. He could find himself “free, disappear and free of doubts and limits, and free to focus on nothing but the game”. While the rule-dominated country and the indifferent people fail to “make me forget such things as how much I enjoy the tea in the city of my birth”. His adoration towards Erica adds some color to his life, which seems to him sweet and beautiful. While he gradually loses interests even becomes radical towards Americans, in his...
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...Fariha Haque Block 5 LA LIT 3 Ms. Gladstone The American Reality The American Dream, a repetitious theme found in literary works dating as far back as the 1600s, was a common misconception. People have held on to these ideals that manipulate and deceive rather than open limitless possibilities. The American Dream prompted people to believe that America was a country that expressed liberty and freedom. The American Dream originated from the Declaration of Independence in which it claimed that “all mean are created equal.”(Academia) and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (Academia) While embedded into America’s charter, the American Dream makes the country seem more attractive to foreign lands. However, there were many perspectives on how people perceived the “optimal style of living.” Some believed everyone strived to be rich and were able to live in coexistence. These perspectives were further broken in down in “The Death of a Salesman.” Immigrants entered through the gates of Ellis Island throwing away their home country’s established social hierarchies and caste systems. With high hopes, they created schemas of the elite population versus the poor population. Though, through passing generations, they are only met with disappointment. They cling onto the possibility that life will become normal again and remain in a constant cycle of false hope. These multiple realities have...
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...about our forefathers and those who have battled for our rights is wrapped in history and has little relevance to the fast-paced lifestyles of today’s American citizens. However, when I think of the American Dream, I quickly associate our freedoms and constitutional rights—past and present--as foundational elements. Unfortunately, there are many who believe that we must be so politically correct that our right to diverse thinking is no longer valid. Rather, they suggest we conform to some vague, acceptable middle ground. I see it time and time again in the news and in public. Ban this! Ban that! That’s offensive! You’re racist! It sometimes seems frowned upon these...
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...religion. This amendment fulfills justice and liberty, but only to a certain degree. Americas pride themselfs so highly on freedom, liberty and justice, all key components of the within the the Preamble of the Constitution, but has America fallen in adequately pursuing these qualities? Lets begin with the single greatest argument against the “Home of the Free”, slavery. Slavery is one of the darkest parts of American history that is unjustifiable and horrific. The indescribable pain the people of America inflicted on the African American is said to be unforgivable and disgraceful to this country. Looking around today do we see anything remotely near to this horrific event? No because America fought profusely to end slavery. Yes slavery was a terrific event in history but what about the 620,000 people who died to end slavery. More people died tried to abide by the Preamble of the Constitution then they did fighting in any other war....
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...One of the key tools to achieving success in life are dreams, because they add guidance to one’s life. From small-scale to large-scale, people accomplish things on a daily basis. What sets people’s dreams apart from each other? Ambition. As defined by Oxford Dictionary, ambition is “a strong desire to do or achieve something.” As mentioned before, the complexity of dreams and ambitions can have various difficulty. Cohesively, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Raisin in the Sun, and American Denial provide examples of dreams from small-scale dreams to large-scale dreams; however, what determines the value of these dreams is not how elaborate they are or outsider’s opinions on their dream, but how important the dreamer’s passion is to them and how they...
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...What is the American dream? Does everyone have a dream? Is it just a dream and someone lives in America while having a certain dream? I think the American dream is a lot of things. I think its ideals of equality, freedom, and especially opportunity thats held to be available to every single American. Yet what is the reality of the American dream? Does everyone get the opportunity to reach for the stars and achieve their dreams, and have the equality they deserve? In this essay I will be discussing the reality of the American Dream in Hansberry’s A Raisin In the Sun. The book the Raisin in the Sun has a bunch of characters talking about their dreams, and whether they believe to achieve them or not. Some we don't know if they did achieve them....
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...Analysis American culture value through the film The Pursuit of Happiness The reason why the Hollywood films are popular, besides its wonderful plots, the characters in the films could always reflect the special American cultural values to audiences. The American spirit such as individualism, heroism, religious and pursuit of freedom are all reflect in the Hollywood films. However, the American dream is a unique American culture and has inspired many Americans to rely on personal struggle to make their dreams come true. Films from different culture have their different cultural values, in turn, the different cultures have reflect and strengthen their own culture values in their films, so that audiences could get to know the mainstream American culture values from Hollywood films. Hollywood as the largest American film media has created many motivation films to express the importance values of American dreams to the world. The film The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) by Gabriele Muccino is a very classical Hollywood biographical film which is based on Chris Gardner’s life story. The film talks about how a homeless man success from the hardship and finally became a famous investment expert through his struggle step by step. The narrative of the main character Chris’s story refers to the key aspect of American Dream which is the equity opportunity of everyone in the society. It has showed the thought that happiness will come to everyone as long as we do not give up and make unremitting...
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...From 1981 through 1989, Ronald Reagan led a American to comeback nothing short of extraordinary. He made easy what critics said would be impossible, and that he would “fail disastrously,” (Elliot). His leadership qualities transformed a struggling U.S. economy into a pinnacle of growth which led to decades of prosperity following his efforts. He restored a neglected U.S. military and bridged our alliances, leading in the eventual defeat and fall of the Soviet Union, without war or violence of any kind. It was evident that his conflict resolution skills were impeccable as he got America out of the Cold War. Overall, he restored America’s hopes, revived our spirit, and strengthened our faith. First above all else, Reagan united America. He never...
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