American Dream

Aaron Copland Hayden Bennett MUHL 332: Music History III The American dream is; the dream that everyone could have an equal chance to succeed in life and be prosperous through one’s own hard work, determination, and initiative. In a time when this dream was all you really needed to show a love for this country, Aaron Copland stepped it up one notch and strived to show his patriotism through his passion, Music. Aaron wanted to make an impact on the world not only with his music but his…

The American Dream is the ability to have freedom, it’s the ability to do as you please. The American dream allows people to come into our country and find what they love. Someone that could have a terrible life and an awful living situation not able to feed their children, could come to America and live a decent life, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to believe in what you want, and freedom to be who you want. “Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with…

Anyone who has ever embarked the American dream must know that they are an impostor, in the sense that you cannot become who you want to be by remaining what you are. Every immigrant like myself who has ever set out to leave his country for a better life, all the ambitious dream chasers, and foreigners of well developed nations seeking education in America should first know how it all works. For the majority of my childhood, I always felt that American born non-first generation college students…

Do you believe in the American Dream? Well Rocky Balboa did and he took his shot at his American Dream. Rocky is a movie that is about a boxer who has a shot at his dream in life. He takes that shot he is given, continues working on it, and never gives up. The American Dream was portrayed in this film by giving people their chances and them taking it. Rocky get a chance to fight the best boxer in the world and all he wants is to go the distance with Apollo Creed, which is last fifteen rounds.…

The American dream is having everything you've ever wanted. Being rich and debt free. Having the freedom to do as you please and the goals that you want, to be achieved. Although it might be hard and take time to get where you want , you reach your goals in the end. Overtime everyone's point of view towards the american dream has changed. In today's world, the America provides access to the american dream by allowing more opportunities. Within those opportunities comes with failure, dedication,…

possibility of achieving the American dream has been debated over several different-minded individuals. In an article defining the American dream, James Truslow Adams stated “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone…[and all people] should be able to attain the fullest stature of which they are innately capable...regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position (“What is the American Dream?” 1). This dream is not only about having…

The American Dream Ideology In the modern nation of America, we live by the idea that if we work hard, it will pay off. If we give the world 110%, we can be smarter, better, more successful, and most importantly, more rich than our counterparts, those who work less hard. People are also given the idea that if they are from another country and come to America, they can also each the same success. This ideal is called “The American Dream”. While this idea seems as if it would be accurate, it is…

Ross Perot once said, “ The American dream. Those three short, simple words encompass the hopes and aspirations of all the peoples on earth. The words are not only short and simple. They are also fragile.” The fragile American dream first came to be with the first immigrants that traveled to the United States in the hopes of gaining a better life. These immigrants had heard stories if the Americans and their great belief in freedom, they did not expect to be chained to poverty and racism when…

The American Dream James Truslow Adams once made a remarkable statement, "The American Dream is 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 actuality of the American Dream is the principle of most all American representations, and attaining the American Dream is the ideal aspiration of both American and immigrants alike. Some would say the American Dream consist only of being able to…

What is an American Dream? Does American dream represent having good life or improving individual’s social, economic and political status? American writer and historian, James Truslow Adams, defines the American dream as “…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 Balance). He went on say that American Dream is not “… a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social…