What exactly is the "American Dream"? ?

Question

I would like to know what it is.

~Nick A.

Answer 1

The American dream is the idea that anyone, can be whatever they want to be if they study hard enough, work hard enough and never giv in.

It is what brings people from other countries that are oppressed by their government here. The idea that they can make their lives better.

Answer 2

died in the '90's

Answer 3

Probably the life that rich americans live

Answer 4

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Answer 5

Something that whites fight like h3ll to keep blacks from getting(meaning if blacks gain it, you KNOW they fought for it), and that whites can easily get if they just tried a little bit.

Basically to be successful at any dream you want in life.

Answer 6

What exactly is the "American Dream"? ?

Owning your own home having kids and living a good life.

Answer 7

It's coming to the "land of the free and the home of the brave."

Answer 8

different for everybody..

Answer 9

The American Dream today often refers to one's material prosperity, which is dependent upon one's abilities and work ethic, and not on a rigid class structure. Although the phrase's meaning has evolved over the course of American history, for some people, it is the opportunity to achieve greater material prosperity than was possible in their countries of origin. For others it's the opportunity for their children to grow up and receive an education and it's consequent career opportunities. It is the opportunity to make individual choices without the restrictions of class, caste, religion, race, or ethnic group.

Quotation:

"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. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes 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, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."

- James Truslow Adams-

* Please pick for best answer!

Answer 10

i don't wanna say its way too much i wanted but probably won't happen i love the song the american dream u kno what i mean