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Pros And Cons Of Achieving The American Dream

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The overall concept of the American Dream outlines the idea that hard work leads to success and happiness. Society was given this impression when people began to come to America for religious freedom during the colonial period, then again when immigrants were coming from eastern and southern Europe in the 1890’s looking for jobs. In the making of the Declaration of Independence, society’s idea was for all men to have an equivalent opportunity of achieving the American Dream (hence “all men are created equal”) whereas now, although everyone’s definition varies, people tend to believe that the ones who achieve the American Dream are the ones who are willing to work the hardest for it. Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Alicia Ostriker, and Langston
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