<aside> 💡 The American dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society in which upward mobility is possible for everyone. The American dream is believed to be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by chance

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What Is the American Dream?

Key Takeaways:

• The term "American dream" was coined in a best-selling book in 1931 titled Epic of America.
• James Truslow Adams 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."
• The American dream was aided by a number of factors that gave the United States a competitive advantage over other countries.
• Homeownership and education are often seen as paths to achieving the American dream.
• Though the definition of the American Dream has changed to mean different things to different generations, it's undoubtedly part of the American ethos, and likely always will be.

Bullet points for a comment:

Tipps für Formulierungen:

• The American Dream (AD) is dead
• Not etablished as one thing —> It can be a lot of many different things that is varying between people and their point of view.
• The AD depends on a lot of things suchs as income, location, relgion and culture —> Closer look: Many variantes but every one has the constante money
• Universal dream —> Everywhere people want to get well educated, get a good job, and certainly create a marvellous family; Not only Americans want to attain those aspects = "We said one common factor in every or most individual American Dream is getting rich. If you think about that, you could really say the American Dream is an Universal Dream."
• During the last decade many Europeans crossed over to the USA to fulfill the AD; To do that they:
  • Sacrificed their jobs
  • their relationships and connections
  • their educational levels
  • their languages at their homelands

—> To succeed in reaching their personall dreams and hopes; "Is there another reason than money to imigrate to the United States. What is the specific American of that Dream".

• Leaving Europe to avoid compulsory military service; Another reason for immigration: A person's social status —> social and economical reasons for leaving Europe
• "Originally, the American Dream was envisaged to be life in a new world where anything successful can happen and good things might."
• A new world that people could help build themselves only existed in America.

• But today the people's goals as well as America has changed; Aren't satisfied with: a suitable house, a good job and a family. There are always more and more wishes.

• "The level at which people feel satisfied is getting higher and higher."

• "Pah, doesn't matter. I'll go west and take me a new piece of land." isn't possible to say anymore

  • The attraction of being a new world is extinguished (erloschen)
  • What remains: The dream of being rich due to the hard effort you're trying to attain
    • From "The dream of being able to achieve everything in America" has become "the dream of being able to achieve everything financially in America. "

• Is the American Dream dead?

  • We can never really say that you can no longer achieve the AD because our economy is constantly changing - but there are social and economical problems
  • I think the AD of becoming rich and famouse is dead, because what we used to consider relevant, has become secondary - Is the American Dream a myth?

• Impossible for everyone to struggle to get whatever they visualize AND the product is a superior life for everybody

• American Dream is associated with: freedom and opportunity of gaining wealth, fame, power, glory, and happiness

  • Dream is enchanted: Offering people the unprecedented prospect of achieving success regardless of one’s race, religion, or family history —> Due to those aspects: Thoughts of the land of opportunity

• AD is only possible for a small amount of people —> It does matter who has which parents when it comes to which of these few can achieve the dream

• Idea of success is now measured by the material wealth

• The AD is still alive, but only in the minds of those citizens who have the resources to fulfil the definition of success, namely, material wealth

• "At the first impression the American Aream is..."

• Such as

• "If you take a closer look..."

• On the surface

• is indeed

• last decade

• superior

• enchanted

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