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Overall, the American Dream represents freedom, equality and opportunity, but it only gives freedom to the people without cost. America made everyone free, but not equal because people were segregated by race. People were given opportunity to work and make money, but depending on where they live, that opportunity wasn't present because jobs weren't always available. This made the American Dream difficult to achieve, and most didn't completely achieve it, and solely made their own.

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This images represents our claim that people are free and have opportunity, but are not equal. The image depicts whites tones at the top and the tones with color at the bottom representing society in the 1920's. The first two layers are just white and are above all others, like in society, whites above all. The darker tones that are close to the top could represent the African Americans who were successful or could be important businessmen who have opportunity, but because they are colored, they will never achieve the American Dream that whites could. Therefore the image shows how all people will never be able to achieve what whites would.

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African Americans were able to reach the American dream but on their own terms. They were free and forced others to treat them equally. They forced others to give them equal opportunity by creating  music, art, and literature which was socially accepted.These things were accepted because they were seemed as distant from African Americans.
In the article "Forward to The New Negro: An Interpretation" Its claims that African Americans were not socially accepted but their art, music, and literature was.This proves that they forced others to give them equal opportunity by they knew others would not treat them equal so they created something society would love and be accepted in order to gain equal opportunity. Also in "I, Too" Langston Hughes  states that tomorrow when company comes he will not go in the kitchen to eat but he will stay and eat at the table. This proves that they forced others to treat them equal by he is making them treat him like a normal person and eat dinner with him. This shows that American society did not accept African Americans as peers so they had to be in their face and force it to be seen as an equal.

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This picture represents African Americans in the 1920's because they were not socially accepted nor did they fit into society, so they had to force themselves and their ideas into American society to be seen as an equal.

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Businessmen were able to reach the American Dream to an extent because they had the freedom and opportunity within their business to create and sell what they wanted, but they were not all equal based off of who owned the business, or the type of business.
Throughout the 1920s many businesses were tried and failed, but the owners put in all they could to support themselves. They all had the opportunity to succeed, and at the time all people were free in America, but not all were equal. In the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he wrote about a man named George who lived in the worst part of town. He was oppressed by his customer, Tom Buchanan, who was a wealthy man. Fitzgerald wrote " 'Hello , Wilson, old man'... 'How's business?'... 'I can't complain'... 'Terrible place isn't it'... 'Awful' " (Fitzgerald 25-26). This quote shows how Tom was using him for business, but he then criticizes the place and the work he does because he is constantly rushing him. The owner also doesn't know that Tom is having an affair with George's wife, so his business and his relationship is being taken advantage of all because he lives in the Valley of Ashes, meaning that the less fortunate do not have equality.
In the early 1900s, a businessman named Henry Ford created the Model T car in the hopes of making it available to a wider group of people. Ford stated "Ford's business philosophy rested on three fundamentals: low prices for the consumer, increased productivity... and better working conditions for the laborer. Each aspect of Ford's philosophy was contingent upon the other two. A stable and accommodating labor force supported the assembly-line system and was essential to its success. Mass production allowed for an increase in the volume of sales and a decrease in the cost of production, while lower prices—along with employees' higher wages—further broadened the available market" (Ford). This quote shows how Ford had the freedom and opportunity within his business to do what he pleased, and when he followed his own philosophy, he was able to succeed and profit.

Picture explanation: This picture represents inequality among businessmen because even though they may be the same type of tree, or business, the bigger one will always be bigger than the smaller one. This is like in businesses at the time, a white man could own a business that sold lights for example, and an African American man could own the same type of business, but the white man will always buy from the white man and he will profit even though they are the same, at the time, the white man always won, and the big tree was always bigger.

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The wealthy were able to reach the american dream due to  freedom and opportunity in their wealth however there was a lack of equality within the social classes. Wealthy felt superior to others however they wished to use their wealth for the greater good of society.

During the 1920's the wealthy class took over the social chain as their wealth made them superior.  In the essay  The Gospel of Wealth written by Andrew Carnegie he states to wealthy class how it is their job to help the less fortune. Carnegie states “the problem of our age is the administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship” Although the wealthy have the need in helping the poor they still do not see them as equal. The wealthy had the opportunity and freedom to prosper however they couldn’t allow the lower class to keep them behind in reaching the American dream. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby the protagonist had enormous wealth. Gatsby threw big parties in his house people came from all over but often they did not know who Gatsby was, they were present for the parties  in his elegant home. From Gatsby's home “There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft” (3.1) Nick who is Gatsby’s neighbor, watches night after night people come and go into Gatsby’s extravagant parties. In these parties, those who were invited felt worthy to be invited to be able to attend a party as Gatsby’s. In their riches and extravagant the wealthy knew that money was everything which led to them to an easy access of the American dream

Picture explanation: This image represents the social classes in the 1920's. There is few wealthy in society and there is a majority who are in lower class, those who are in the back of the image. As there is more who are attempting reaching wealth in new money, the lower classes are left behind.

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The American Dream by Geisi Gomez, Kyle Philips and Fiona Valenty 

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The American Dream by Geisi Gomez, Kyle Philips and Fiona Valenty 

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The American Dream was reachable to an extent because all people were free, their opportunity was different based off of living area, and the equality was scarce because of race.