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American Dream
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Eng.101 -American Dream Essay
What is the AMERICAN DREAM? I concluded the matter of dreaming about life's basics wants that are exclusive to North America. The American Dream is the following: Go to college, get a good job, and finally get your own family. If we think about it, the American Dream is indeed a UNIVERSAL DREAM. The concept of the American Dream is created by this value system. The American Dream is intended to be a way of life attainable to all Americans. Whatever maybe the case, the act of trying to escape reality and the result such an act brings is evident in American society today. But it doesn't always pan out the way we all expect it to does it? Or do we expect it in modern society
The American dream once looked upon as the perfect family as seen on television shows such as the Brady Bunch, or Leave it to Beaver. A family in which both parents are still together, problems are easily solved, and money is never an issue. These families are what American television want to put out there as the average family. But are they really? Hasn't that perception changed at least slightly over the past 20-30 years.
Today the sort of lifestyle seen on those "ever-perfect" sitcoms is quickly fading. The number of separated families is gradually growing above 50% in American society. It is probably harder to find two parents that are still together, than it is to find to parents that are separated. Also the role of the everyday household has changed greatly since the days of Leave it to Beaver. Especially for women, the stay at home housewife days are seemingly over. Women of today's society are seen in the work place as much as men are. Families are also getting started much later in this day in age. Many more people are going to college and putting starting a family on the back-burner. There are also many other hardships that aren't seen on television. Things such as the loss of a...
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