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Student Essay on The American Dream and the Reality

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The American Dream and the Reality

Summary:   It is about the American Dream, living the American Dream.


As children get together to play pretend games; one game that every child enjoys is house. Children picture the perfect life: a big house with a white picket fence, a perfect family, a dog, a cat, and 3 goldfish. Children see life as it being easy and everything would go their way. Unfortunately life isn't perfect. It's our choice if we make the best of what we are given. ."..there is admiration for America as a new Eden; a land of beauty, bounty, and unlimited promise..." ( Rather, 125). People can't choose if they live in poverty or extreme wealth. But people can choose if they make their surroundings the perfect place; they do this with love, positive attitude, and optimism.

.".. family was absolutely central to their experience of the American dream..." (Rather, 106). In most.....

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