Catcher in the Rye Essay Dating all the way back to the 20th Century, American author John Truslow Adams was one of the first writers to use the term the “American Dream.” He first defined this term in his novel, Epic of America. In his story, he believed that the “American Dream” was a “dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” In a more modern definition, Wikipedia states it as a “set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers.” This term itself tends to have a positive influence on young and old minds. The phrase also has a tendency to persuade the individual by encouraging what they can achieve, how they can make their life …show more content…
Starting in the early 1900s, this idea came about, bringing dozens of hopeful immigrants to the States. The Statue of Liberty brought hope to many as they sailed in the bay, to this new land nicknamed the “Land of Opportunity.” Both past and future global generations strive to make themselves known in the American society and this so called “American Dream” is what pushes so many families to go beyond their boundaries and move themselves to an unknown territory to achieve their dreams. A journalist by the name of Bob Miglani talks about this same “dream” that he and his family had in the late 1900s. His family moved to the US all the way from India in 1979, in search of that same belief other have searched for since the beginning of the 20th Century. He made this interesting claim in a recent article discussing the “American