What is The American Dream?

The American Dream can be defined in many different perspectives. A generalization of the american dream can be summed up as, “a national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work,” (Wikipedia). This may sound very punctual for an audience that are already of the American background. For foriegners, this definition can also be their dream, just more difficult to obtain. The American Dream is a broad topic that has swept across the world for decades, but how does one define the American Dream?

The American Dream has changed drastically over time. Typically, an American family from the fifty’s might have wanted to own a television because it was the “newest” technology. Now, families want a big plasma TV for every room in their household or maybe even more expensive things. But as some hisotrians go back, they try to conclude that the ideas behind the American dream came from the time when the Declaration of Independence was introduced. “From even further in time, Americans just wanted their own independence and freewill before the Declaration of Independence was signed.”

One may percieve the American dream as a white picket fence house, with the nicest cars that one can buy, and a whole bunch of other materialistic objects that are used to portray a smile upon their face. In reality, I don’t believe materialism makes one satisfied. I believe that-- not having a worry to achieve anything that one may want after hard work is the true meaning. No one deserves to get everything handed to them. As an American citizen, I do believe many of us take our freedoms for granted. All...

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...a widespread term to describe the American Way of Life in general. The American dream always has something individual. That is, why till today no one has succeeded in finding a general definition that’s linked to the American dream. Concluded one could say "the American Dream" is the belief of the American Society that each individual can, through hard working and strength of mind, achieve everything. On the contrary, some people are just way too lazy. I think the word that everyone with their own American dream needs to remember is perseverant; perseverant in a way that they eagerly want to reach higher goals than those already reached by their predesessors. The bottom line is-- no matter what your American Dream is, what success you earn in your life while trying to achieve it you have to make sure that you earn it through hard work that is pure and perseverant.