America is well known as the land of opportunity for many people who dream about having a better life and wanting to attain their American Dreams as their ancestors once did, but are everyone given that equal right to each opportunity? According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, equal opportunity is defined as “the principle of treating all people the same, and not being influenced by a person’s sex, race, religion, etc”. Therefore in my opinion, I do not think America is really the land of opportunity for all people equally. As mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, every American is entitled to the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to establish equality, but society has taken away our rights. In the world today, many Americans have …show more content…
According to the article “America, though Challenged, still the land of Opportunity,” states “The presence of opportunities may influence an individual’s prospects for the future, but the culture of a family or community affects the extent to which the individual takes advantage of those opportunities” (DeMint, 2014). DeMint’s raised by his mother and despite of their economical struggle, she always worked hard for everything they had which showed him the value of work and the responsibilities that come along with it. Furthermore, in the reading “America- The Land of Opportunity,” states “Today we seem to have a struggling generation of young people who do not have good jobs, heath insurance, pensions, houses or hope” (Ayres, 2014). Many individuals thought that if you graduated and worked hard it would be easy to get ahead, but this is not the case. The newer generations are having a hard time finding jobs that pay well and have benefits whereas, generations before us could find a good job as soon as they graduated high school. Nowadays, in order to get a decent job a high school and college degree is a