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I believe that my ancestors were able to achieve the American Dream and some were not able to because half of my family lived here in the USA while my mother and her family came from the Philippines. My grandmother and grandfather lived lives that were extremely close to what people feel the American Dream is,. They owned a house, got jobs , had children, and lived a very full life. My mothers parents on the other hand lived a very poor but happy life. They did have a house and jobs, but it never was enough. To them, they did live a full life though because they got to have children and watched them grow up and become successful people. My mother coming to America to create a whole new life for herself is the embodiment of the characteristics of the American dream. She left everything behind and risked it all to come to the USA, not knowing what she was going to get herself into. I would have to say that yes, even though my mother came from a very poor background, she still was able to live just like how my dad's parents lived out the American dream.

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I believe that I will be able to achieve the American Dream because I have a strong work ethic. I believe that you have to work hard for what you want and even when you achieve your goals, you have to make new ones and keep improving. I want to gain the material items that "defines" the American Dream but I also want to gain the characteristics that will help me maintain the Dream. I feel that people get too caught up in trying to buy everything that defines the dream, but once they achieve it they don't know what to do with their lives after that point. That's why it's important to keep creating new goals and to look past just the material items in order to keep adding to your own version of the American Dream.

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This video defines what the American Dream really is.

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In the recession, the American Dream is alive, if not entirely well, according to a poll by The New York Times and CBS News.

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The American Dream today is beginning to crumble as shown in this political cartoon. Now that Trump is the POTUS, a new wave of "anti-immigrant" movements and regulations on immigration to the USA have begun and it has been restricting the dreams of hopeful immigrants waiting to start anew in the USA.

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The American Dream today compared to that in the 1920's has changed drastically. It took very little to achieve it and seemed tangible for a majority of Americans back then, but with the rising cost of living it became harder to achieve.

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The article stated, "Mr. Adams emphasized ideals rather than material goods, a “dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” And he clarified, “It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of a social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and recognized by others for what they are.”

His achievement was an innovation in language that largely replaced the older terms “American character” and “American principles” with a forward-looking phrase that implied modesty about current success in giving respect and equal opportunity to all people. The American dream was a trajectory to a promising future, a model for the United States and for the whole world."

The American Dream is supposed to represent the character and principles to live by. People often think that the American Dream is about attaining material items, but it is really about gaining characteristics to help an individual maintain their lifestyle and live it to the fullest.

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The Transformation of the ‘American Dream’ (Published 2017)

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It wasn’t originally about owning a beautiful home and a roaring business. It meant freedom, mutual respect and equality of opportunity.