The American Dream has altered over time. You will learn how it has changed from the 1930’s to now in 2015. The American Dream has revised a lot from then to now. Also I will tell how the women’s rights have altered over time. You will learn how that affected the American Dream. I will also tell what the American Dream means to me and why it means what it does to me. America has changed and because of that there are new possibilities and there is a new Dream and new Dream is better.
The American Dream was created at the beginning of The Great Depression in the early 1930’s. It was used to influence people to work harder to try and make more money. The Dream was used as a sign of hope. The Dream is what every American wanted. The American Dream back then was having a big house (pic of the house) with a white picket fence, and a family of four (the perfect family), the family had two children, a boy and a girl and a stay at home wife/mother who cooked and cleaned all day while the father worked all day. That was the Dream then, but now in 2015 it has altered completely. The dream now is not about having a flawless family, but about having
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material things like a lot of money (money) and having multiple cars (cars) and having a lot of houses (big house). The American Dream has now been also about having our rights and keeping them without letting them get violated or taken away. Now the people have more rights compared to back then. Now there is NO segregated store,restaurants and libraries. Everyone is treated with equality and women are allowed to do everything a man can do. A lot has changed and that’s why the dream is different and because of the new rights and developments with racisms and discrimination the Dream has become superior and the Dream now is more realistic, because the dream in the 1930’s wasn’t a real possibility in my opinion because in the 1930’s people were going thru the Great Depression. One of the main Dreams in America back then was to have the same rights as men. We are now in 2015 and we as women have the same rights as men and NOBODY can deny us our rights or take them away. For example, we can work and make the same or more money than a man.and now a woman can be in a dominate position and there’s nothing anybody can do to take that away from women. In the 1930’s it was never even thought of a woman to become the President of the United States, but now in 2015 we have a woman named Hillary Clinton running for President, and instead of everybody being against her they are standing with her and fighting the fight and helping her win. Even though women are given equal opportunities as men we still have the question are women really, truly equal to men because yes, we are given an equal opportunity but even for some jobs men think only they can do it and that a job women can’t do it, but because of the law, they have to hire us but most of the time we get paid less compared to what the men are paid or we are given less hours than the men. So yes for the most part we are equal, but the question still is there that are we truly considered equal to men or is it all just a cover. The fight to be equal will continue because there will always be somebody who feels like they are treated unequal. Everything I have learned from back then and from now I have been able to form my own American Dream.
My American Dream is a mixture from the American Dream In the early 1930’s and now in 2015. My dream is owning a big white house with a white picket fence and to have the perfect family. It is also to have a job that pays a lot and to be treated as equals to not only men but to everybody. My Dream is that one day in the future I will get thru college and get a job as a psychiatrist and to eventually open my own place. My dream also is knowing that I can be myself and I will still be treated as an equal and nobody can change that. Overall my dream is to be able to make my mom and dad proud of me to show them that they raised and outstanding daughter that can make it somewhere, and to make a good example for my younger
siblings. Everything I have learned from back then and from now I have been able to form my own American Dream. My American Dream is a mixture from the American Dream In the early 1930’s and now in 2015. My dream is owning a big white house with a white picket fence and to have the perfect family. It is also to have a job that pays a lot and to be treated as equals to not only men but to everybody. My Dream is that one day in the future will be to get thru college and get a job as a psychiatrist and to eventually open my own place. My dream also is knowing that I can be myself and I will still be treated as an equal and nobody can change that. Overall my dream is to be able to make my mom and dad proud of me to show them that they raised and outstanding daughter that can make it somewhere, and to make a good example for my younger siblings.
To me the American Dream comes right back to being stable in a financial aspect. I hate to think in a mind set that everything Is about money but that’s how I view The American Dream. Since I was a little girl I have always had the American Dream drawn up in my mind. This was far before I knew how I would have the means to support it such as a college degree and the job after graduation. Both things that I am still seeking but closer and closer to achieving every day. My America Dream has always looked like a large white house, newly build on a corner lot. The garage will be on the side of the house and a long drive-way which will include my black Land
The phrase the American dream is contradictory to it’s meaning. The American dream was for most people just that, a dream. However, these very people had their hopes dashed and were forever lost. One could argue that a much more fitting and appropriate name for the American dream might as well be the American nightmare. In the 1920’s and early 30’s, the American dream was a beacon of hope as well as prosperity for anyone unfortunate enough to fall under it’s alluring curse, with an exception of a handful of people. What was given instead of this promise of wealth and dreams, what was given was the deterioration of dreams, and usually lives. Sadly, Lennie Small, from Of Mice and Men as well as Jay Gatsby, from The Great Gatsby was not the exceptions.
Because the concept of the American Dream has been around for many years, it is something that is familiar to everyone. It can be agreed that people all have their own opinions and views about it; even decades have their own version of the American Dream. But what about for the 1990’s? What was the American Dream during that era? The American Dream in the 90’s was greatly influenced by three things: the expansion in technology, the thriving economy, and various, pivotal political events; based on those three components, the American Dream can be defined as individual success, such as money, power, fame, and development.
Everyone has their own interpretation of the “American Dream” but no one can truly defend it unless they have experienced, Base on the three short stories “America and I” by Anzia Yezierska, “Among the poor girls” by Wirt Sikes, and “Eyewitness at the triangle” by William Shepard. But what is an “American Dream” it could mean anything, the general definition is an image of a dream for U.S citizen should have an equal right or opportunities to achieve great success and prosperity. It just doesn't exist for everyone because there are still homeless people on the street or people who are working very hard get very little pay so it's just a shadow.
What is the American dream today? The American dream today is to have plenty of money to where you don’t have to be worrying about any problems. The American dream in the 1930s was to own your own house on a small farm with farm animals running around. George and Lennie are facing the problem of not owning their own house, so they are faced with multiple conflicts such as having to move across the country for work.
The American Dream, is about becoming something, to the best way to achieve fulfillment of ones life. The dream is and always has been a reality. The more that Americans and immigrants insist on the dream as a right, and pursue it with determination, the more likely it will be to remain a live option accessible to all. The dream does not originate from America; it derives from us, the people. If we exert all our efforts, we at any moment in American history are more likely to be what the country had intended to become. With that predicament already visible, every advance we make may very well lead to another, and every realization of the American Dream will evolve.
Everyone grows up with the thought of an American dream in mind . Unfortunately that American dream is only limited to the people who are not of color. Sadly the people of color and the american dream don 't match up to well. I feel that this is because it can’t be easily obtained due to improper education and never being given the opportunity to show what they’re made of. Maybe if we weren 't categorized by our living arrangements, or the amount of our wealth, or better yet being presumed as these incompetent animals who aren’t good for nothing. Then we too would be able to achieve our own american dreams ,but as people of color the chances of that are not likely living in a world that feeds us with this improper mindset.
The American dream is a slowly fading dream that seems to be escaping all the lower classes of American society. The American dream still exists if we examine correctly. The dilemma with American dream is that it has become so much harder to fulfill. Social inequality along with a lack of social mobility have negated the ability to accomplish this. As time has passed, the gap between the rich and poor has become larger and larger. Hence social equality has grown overtime. This would not be as consequential of a problem for the American dream if social mobility had stayed the same. Social mobility has decreased with time as well. Social mobility is the ability to move from one social class to another. Sociologically speaking, the American Dream
Comparing the perspective of the American dream in the 1920’s to the American Dream in the 1940’s and present day seems to be a repeating cycle. The American dream is always evolving and changing. The American dream for present day is similar to the dream of the 1920’s. An Ideal of the American life is to conform to what our society has determined is success. Money, materialism and status had replaced the teachings of our founding fathers in the 1920’s. A return to family values and hard work found its way back into American’s lives in the 1940’s. The same pursuit of that indulgent lifestyle that was popular in the roaring twenty’s has returned today for most Americans, many Americans are living on credit and thinking that money and the accumulation of material items can solve all problems. Through film, literature, art and music, an idealized version of what it means to be an American has changed from money, materialism, and status of the 1920s to hard work and family values of the forties.
The American Dream has changed; it is no longer the same as it was fifty or even one hundred years ago. Today, people not only search for prosperity and wealth, but they also search for happiness, equality, and determination. The American Dream is for everyone, not just the rich. The term “The American Dream” is a term used to describe the American way of life in general. It is a noun stating “the idea that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” Dreams are not limited to just one social class, everyone has a different version of the American Dream but they all work together in a community to create an organized, working society. A dream is a cherished aspiration, ambition, or idea that is open to anyone.
Everything changed in August 1963. America was mesmerized with the famous speech “I Have a Dream” delivered by Martin Luther King. People from all over the nation gathered for one single motive, social justice, and with that citizens of the United States yearned hope for a better tomorrow; a tomorrow in which they could see a breaking dawn to a day full up roaring opportunities for everyone disregarding their ethnic background, gender, sexual preference, or economic standing. This soon led to what is now known as “The American Dream.” America’s reputation for being the land of endless possibilities has captured both foreign attention as well as native patriotism. Success here in America is defined as having a good social position and a plethora of
The romantic idea of the American Dream is in a period of change. While it used to represent an ideal lifestyle that any citizen could achieve if they worked hard enough, that lifestyle is becoming a hard reality to achieve for the majority of Americans. Timothy Egan wrote that living the American Dream meant you could “buy new cars, take decent vacations, and enjoy full health care benefits” (106). Homeownership, a spouse, and a few kids are also commonly described in the American Dream, as well as having a job of which you could feel proud.
The American Dream is a personal thing. Every person’s belief or thought on what the American Dream is different than anybody else’s. There is one noticeable common thread between every conceivable Dream though: the dream is to live a better life socially, monetarily, or contentedly than your parents did. The conflicts at the time helps determine what aspect of life you wish to improve upon, but it will always be the same principal as long as America stands free.
When the term ‘American Dream’ was first mentioned in 1931 by James Truslow Adams, he described it as “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” (Clark). When Adams mentioned the term, it had much more of an idealistic meaning, rather than the materialistic meaning it has in modern society. At the time of it’s mention, the dream meant that prosperity was available to everyone. In the beginning, the American Dream simply promised a country in which people had the chance to work their way up through their own labor and hard work (Kiger). Throughout history, the basis of the dream has always been the same for each individual person. It
What is the American Dream? As James Truslow coined in 1931 " A dream of land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper class to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, able be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position"(Truslow). Most believe that it 's a place and a system where everyone have an equal