American Dream Research Paper

George Carlin once said, “That’s why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.” This quote by Carlin reveals what American dreams reality is and how difficult it is to achieve it. As stated in the quote American dream only seems reality when you sleep and dream it rather than actually being part of it. We as individual’s dream of a successful life with a house, car, and a job that pays us well to put food on the table in our house. However, only certain people can have that luxurious life that is part of an American Dream. Many work hard to have a stable life rather than achieve the American Dream because they know after all hard work nothing makes it possible to achieve it. However, many individuals are

According to the New York Times, “…only 64 percent of respondents said they still believed in American dream…(Sorkin and Thee-Brenan, 1). It is surprising that 64 percent of Americans believe in American dream because that is a fairly high percentage compare to those who don’t believe in it. It takes a lot of hope and motivation to believe in the American dream because they are many who have faced the reality of how American dream is not possible to achieve like Barbara Ehrenreich and her coworkers whom struggled in life as a low wage worker in the novel Nickel and

However, her journey is full of hurdles where she ironically does overcome the challenge she has put forth.
Throughout the novel Barbara and her coworkers have a difficulty finding a simple place to live in where they can be secured with what they are being paid. Housing instability has become an increasing problem for many in which finding a place to live in for cheap with good living conditions has almost become impossible. In the article, Housing Instability and Food Security as Barriers to Health Care Among Low-Income Americans various authors such as Margot B. Kushel, MD, Reena Gupta, MD, Lauren Gee, MPH, JD, Jennifer S. Hass, MD, MSPH have revealed the association between housing instability and food insecurity and the lack of medical attention that many receive. The article exhibits an analysis of an experiment that was done as 16,651 low-income adults were examined to define what homelessness and hunger really is. In the article, the author mentions, “Housing instability is variably defined as having difficulty paying rent, spending more than 50% of household income on housing, having frequent moves,