Imagine this: Four kids, one bedroom apartment, three jobs. Struggling just to provide a single meal everyday, clothes to put on the children's back and a warm place to stay. After barely being able to pay for rent, food, and the bus it’s a battle to be able to pay for the kids’ school supplies, new clothes, and food for the dog. Now look at the flip side, being a high class, multi-millionaire. No worries on paying the bills, no worries about what will be on the dinner table, and no worries about paying for the children’s college. Is the American Dream equally achievable for each of these individuals? The American Dream is possible for each of these individuals to achieve, just harder for some to get to that point.

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“America was a land of living hope, woven of dreams, aflame with longing land desire”( ). The key word here is was. The author once did think that America was of living hope and there were so many opportunities here but throughout his many observations he came to the conclusion that the American Dream is dead. I disagree with her when she says this because America has its faults. She thinks it’s a perfect where all your dreams come true, and I feel her dreams will be crushed when reality hits her in America. I still maintain my position because I know what it is like in America, after all I was born and raised here. I know what it’s like and you don’t always get what you want here in America.

The American Dream is possible for any individual to achieve, just harder for some to get to that point. The obstacles in front of achieving the American Dream is definitely race and social status. Although jumping over these hurdles and crossing the finish line of the American Dream is not impossible, it is extremely difficult for those of the minority and of the lower social class to succeed. Although if done you have achieved a major