Why The American Dream Fail

Randy Fonseca

English 3

Ms layne

20 October 2015

The American dream

The American Dream can mean many things, depending on whose perspective is being examined. Some peoples’ dreams include money, others include happiness, and some include safety. Some people may not have a dream, and others might not believe in one. Some people have said that the American Dream is no longer possible; however, many others have challenged that idea and proven it wrong. By stepping out of their comfort zones and pursuing their dreams, these people have become highly successful. All it takes is the determination to want something, the determination to not give up, even when life gets rough. The American Dream is still very possible, people just need to take the

No one ever said that achieving the American Dream was easy. More often than not, it's actually very difficult to do. This causes many people to fail, causing them to become extremely discouraged from continuing on due to the pressure they feel for failing. As stated in, “The Right to Fail,” by William Zinsser, when a person leaves college, no matter the reason, they are permanently called a drop out. This term is typically associated with shame and even regret, as America doesn't quite give its citizens the right to fail. “The American Dream is a dream about getting ahead,” and most people don't realize what that takes. They don't see that it takes failure to succeed; instead they go rushing into their lives and don't get a chance to experience other things. Failure is necessary to proceed,

A great example of the American Dream still flourishing today would be both Matt Hollum and Burnie Burns. They both attended the University of Texas for Filmography. Matt Hollum got a position in L.A as a director, but he soon returned to Texas. Burnie Burns, who was working at a local company called Telenetwork, met Geoff Ramsey, Gustavo Sorola, Dan Godwin, and Jason Saldaña. They all came together to form drunkgamers.com, where the five friends came together and played video games in front of people to gain an audience, hoping to start their career in gaming journalism and wishing for companies to send them free games for them to review. In the end they, iIncurred the wrath of several game developers,” causing them to stop that path. Later, when internet videos started to take off, they started to do machinamas; the use of real time computer graphics to create cinematic productions. Their main and most known series is Red Vs. Blue, an animation series that tells the story of two groups of soldiers isolated in a box canyon. When the group started RVB, they only had access to a little closet with a computer that ran their hard drive for their animated series. Now, 12 years later, they have grown to 115 employees that all work on different projects or collaborate to make one big project. This shows how a bunch of friends with a passion came together to achieve what their American Dream. They sacrificed the