The Reality Of The American Dream

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The American Dream is still possible Mostly anything you want to achieve requires time and perseverance it doesn 't just come to you easily. In America we all have dreams we want to achieve, a set of goals for the future. The American dream is in your perception, what you want it to mean for you. It’s what you want to consummate in America where you can 't anywhere else. How you can succeed in life enough to survive and be happy. The reality of the American dream is the essence of any person living in America, immigrant or not. Trying to achieve in life more than their parents did and to be successful with a prosperous life, but many people believe it can’t be achieved, but with assiduous work and determination you can make your …show more content…

Look at the outcome with hard work he became the president. In the speech from the keynote address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention by Barack Obama he says “Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America……. I stand here today grateful for the diversity of my heritage.” (Obama 78,79) In America we have many opportunities other people don 't have such as scholarships, FAFSA, loans, and Financial Aid, but people have now gotten lazy and want the work done for them like how Glenn Llopis from the article “Why most people will never achieve the American dream” says “Today, you must be able to successfully navigate yourself through a filter…. they certainly are no longer capable of enabling it for you. That’s no longer their responsibility (and the truth is-it never was).(Llopis 2) This just explains how other people became so dependable on the government and bigger corporations to hand out the opportunities as a given with no effort and work, but obviously everything in life requires hard work. The American Dream for many other people can just be to have a shelter and be happy by being safe as well, not a fancy life for example in the poem “I Hear America Sing” by Walt Whitman he shows how Americans are very joyous and happy with their position “The Day what belongs to the day-at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.”(Whitman

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