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To me being able to pursue what makes you happy in life is a part of the American Dream. In life i could reach the goals that i want but if i am not happy i wouldn't really have reached my American Dream. At the end of the day all i would want is to be happy and content with my life.

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Being granted the chance at education is a part of the American Dream. We as Americans are given the opportunity of free education, with this education it can take us far in our career for what we want to achieve later on in life. We should all be grateful we are granted free education with this we can achieve our career goals.

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A part of the American Dream is wanting to provide your family with a better life. Wanting to make sure everyone in your family is happy and healthy.  Also just being able to be around and with family in general.

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My understanding of the American Dream is an opportunity. Everyone that is born and came to America has the chance at achieving what they want. We have the freedom that not all others have in the world. Us as Americans should take advantage of the chances and opportunity given to us. You can achieve whatever you want if you work hard and keep your dreams in your sights.

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For my interview on the American Dream i interviewed my dad. His idea of the American Dream is being wealthy, having a good amount of money to support his family. Also being healthy, us as Americans get the benefit of amazing healthcare which can help us live a long healthy life with the ones you love. The last part of his American Dream was family. We are lucky to live in a country where we can be safe and at peace with our family. Some countries don't have this benefit and sometimes taken from their own families. My dads American Dream was influenced by his own father at a very young age. His father brought his family from Lebanon to the United States in order to provide a better life for his own family. Like many others they had came into the United States with nothing and were able to make a living out of handwork and perseverance.

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This video supports my thesis because it talks about how people all have their very own unique dream in their life. No matter who you are and where you come from you can achieve what you want in life. All you need is a dream and grit to achieve what you want. Each and every dream is personalized depending on the person. Which is the beautiful thing about America you are free to do what you want with your life. Many aren't as lucky as us in the United States.

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In the book, "The Distance Between Us" Reyna talks about achieving her goals in getting a high education. Her dad had inspired her and instilled a sort of determination in her to do good in school so she could do something good with her life later on. He had given Reyna a chance at a better life in the United Sates where she could achieve anything she wanted to with the right mindset. In Chapter 15 it says "My little accomplishments might not have been much to be proud of, but i told myself this was just the beginning. Though all his talks of the future, my father had instilled in me something i could not put a name to in English, but in Spanish it was called "ganas"." Reyna explains in the text that her father had created what her idea of the American Dream is, which is to get an education and take that to make a career out of later in life.

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In this Poem by 2PAC, he talks about how even though you come from a place where the odds are against you to be successful it doesn't define you. You have to want to achieve. If you let the bad things define you and tell yourself you cant do it then you obviously wont be able to. Although if you really want to succeed and be successful you will work hard and follow the path to reach your dreams. In a part of the poem it says "Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet" this means that no matter your circumstances you can still achieve what you want. You can prove the odds wrong and be successful when many thought you wouldn't never be able to.

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In the article " The American Dream is Still Alive and Well" by Jack Kelly he talks about how no matter what Americans are hard working people. In the article is says "Against all odds, we persevere and bravely forge forward, in pursuit of our dreams and goals". Us Americans always find a way to persevere even when things may not go our way. In the article it states, "We pick ourselves up, brush off the failures and move on". No matter what life may throw at us we are still working to achieve our goals. Not being scared to try something new when one thing doesn't work shows that sometimes you have to adjust to the circumstances around you and remember your dreams in life.