Hunter Daniel Ms. Morris AP Lang - 6 21 Monday 2015 Is the American Dream Still Alive Today? The American Dream is still valid in our lives today. Presently, we have many ways to pursue the American Dream with opportunity, life, love, dreams, hard work, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. Those who were born here and those who immigrated are given the opportunity to find success and follow their dreams. Americans or those who come to find America home, find new life and live out their American Dream. Many come here to find love, they can find it in many forms. The American Dream is built upon those who came to fulfill or long for a chance to make their dreams a reality. For some, the that dream is built upon the calluses and fruits of hard labor. America has always been a land of freedom and safety from oppression. We have always justified our actions as a pursuit of happiness and the longing for a better life. …show more content…
America has an eclectic job base to choose from, where each person can decide what they want to do. Some people are born into a world of more opportunities than others. “Can a wretch who wanders about, who works and starves, whose life is a continual scene of sore affliction or pinching penury; can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?”(Crevecoueur 1) America is called the land of opportunity, many flock here seeking asylum and a chance at a better life. Crevecoeur wrote in his essay that those coming to America will benefit its