Is The American Dream Still Possible Analysis

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The perspective of many people about America today, is like a pot which has inside a mixture of races, each one with different customs, cultures, and traditions. In the same way, it is true that we all in this country share differences. Reason why its meaning fits perfectly when mentioning people’s diversity. But we shall know that there are similarities that also represent this mixture, and our ancestors came with one of those same causes than the first arrived in this land. A promise which baptized this land as an utopia, where pursuit of happiness could be found and where financial prosperity awaited during economical magnificent times. The American dream. Since it was sensed for the first time during 19th and 20th centuries, a different …show more content…

Notably, their opportunities are not as high expected as the government might promote. Both, immigrants and citizens in the US who are unemployed and have hard times with their economy, are an omission when referring to pursuit of happiness for everyone. Like Richard Oden, Who after he required a surgery was absent at work. Consequently he was fired by the beer industry where he attended, even though, he never had problems with the company before or missed one day of attendance. He upset declared to the survey which the article “Is the American Dream Still Possible?” was based on: “I do believe I will recover financially… But the traditional American Dream? For most Americans, it’s still a dream-a pipe dream” (Oden 61). Unfortunately, government can’t interfere with private business because the free market system which is the dark side of the American Dream. Cases like this one, serve as an example of only big business being benefited,while workers aren’t. But we can recall that Americans create the dream. It doesn’t exist until we make it, and the American Dream doesn’t depend in big corporations or the position of the job someone has. It only depends on one's