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WhatistheAmericanDream?-byNancy
ThetermwasfirstusedbyJamesTruslowAdamsinhisbookTheEpicofAmericawhichwaswrittenin1931.Hestates:"TheAmericanDreamis"thatdreamofalandinwhichlifeshouldbebetterandricherandfullerforeveryone,withopportunityforeachaccordingtoabilityorachievement.ItisadifficultdreamfortheEuropeanupperclassestointerpretadequately,andtoomanyofusourselveshavegrownwearyandmistrustfulofit.Itisnotadreamofmotorcarsandhighwagesmerely,butadreamofsocialorderinwhicheachmanandeachwomanshallbeabletoattaintothefulleststatureofwhichtheyareinnatelycapable,andberecognizedbyothersforwhattheyare,regardlessofthefortuitouscircumstancesofbirthorposition."
IntheUnitedStates’DeclarationofIndependence,ourfoundingfathers:"…heldcertaintruthstobeself-evident,thatallMenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongthesearelife,LibertyandthePursuitofHappiness."MightthissentimentbeconsideredthefoundationoftheAmericanDream?
WerehomesteaderswholeftthebigcitiesoftheeasttofindhappinessandtheirpieceoflandintheunknownwildernesspursuingtheseinalienableRights?WeretheimmigrantswhocametotheUnitedStateslookingfortheirbitoflife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness,theirDream?AndwhatdidthedesireoftheveteranofWorldWarII-tosettledown,tohaveahome,acarandafamily-tellusaboutthisevolvingDream?IstheAmericanDreamattainablebyallAmericans?WouldMartinLutherKingfeelhisDreamwasattained?DidMalcolmXrealizehisDream?
Somesay,thattheAmericanDreamhasbecomethepursuitofmaterialprosperity-thatpeopleworkmorehourstogetbiggercars,fancierhomes,thefruitsofprosperityfortheirfamilies-buthavelesstimetoenjoytheirprosperity.OtherssaythattheAmericanDreamisbeyondthegraspoftheworkingpoorwhomustworktwojobstoinsuretheirfamily’ssurvival.YetotherslooktowardanewAmericanDreamwithlessfocusonfinancialgainandmoreemphasisonlivingasimple,fulfillinglife.
ThomasWolfesaid,"…toeveryman,regardlessofhisbirth,hisshining,goldenopportunity….therighttolive,towork,tobehimself,andtobecomewhateverthinghismanhoodandhisvisioncancombinetomakehim."