Compare And Contrast Coming To America By Neil Diamond

The American dream is the ability for every citizen in America to have the same opportunities to achieve their goals. Each person has a different view of the American dream. Neil Diamond, Dierks Bentley, and Ronald Reagan each express their view of the American dream in a different way. “Coming to America” written by Neil Diamond voices the views of the American dream as the immigrants that came to America to achieve the freedom they did not have in their home countries. In stanza seven Diamond wrote “Got a dream to take them there they’re coming to America” Diamond is expressing why the immigrants are wanting to come to America. Each of them has a different dream. Some want to start a family in the land of the free, or maybe it is to

Early on in the song Bentley wrote this line “scars, yeah she’s got scars sometimes it starts to worry me, cause lose, I don’t want to lose sight of who we are.” America has fought multiple wars to earn and keep our freedom. Dierks Bentley wrote this song about the American dream and how men and women fought and died for our freedom, and so everyone else can achieve the American dream. The American dream gives freedom to American citizens, this allows them to get a job and have the opportunity to go to college if they choose to. Everyone has a different version of the American dream and everyone has the freedom and ability to work for that dream. Bentley wrote this line in his song “free, nothin’ feels free,” the freedom we have in America that we use to achieve the american dream did not come

Freedom is a very important factor in this country. The American citizens have the right to vote, the right to worship freely, and also the right to have your own dreams and goals. In his speech Reagan said “ in the end, the people vote; they decide who will be the next President.” Every four years the American people get the opportunity to get out and vote on who they think should lead our country. In America you have the right to worship wherever you want, and to whoever you choose to worship. “[F]or the freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and the freedom of religion” this statement was given in President Reagan’s speech. We have the ability to gather and worship without the fear of getting killed because of the men and women who fought and died for this country and so that American citizens can achieve the American dream. One of the many points in this speech is that we the people have the freedom to work hard and get where we want to be in life. Ronald Reagan ended his speech with this, “[f]reedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life in infinitely precious, that every one of us put on this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer.” So each and every person in America has the chance at the