American dream project by Austin Tormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5 the American dream is not about what you have but the opportunity to earn it. en-us 2019-03-05 19:03:28 UTC 2026-03-20 01:58:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://einfon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Flag-Of-USA.jpg The American dream is not about what you have but the opportunity to earn it. 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338084543 2019-03-05 19:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338084543 "The Carraways are something of a clan, and we have a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but the actual founder of my line was my grandfather's brother, who came here in fifty-one, sent a substitute to the Civil War, and started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on to-day(3)." 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338488513 This is a quote from chapter one of the book which is showing us how nicks family is not just rich and snobby, but how they earned there fortune through hard work owning there own hardware business.]]> 2019-03-06 17:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338488513 "James Gatz – that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career – when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior.(98)" 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338492782 Gatsby was always poor and he hated it entirely. when Dan Cody dropped his anchor James Gatz (Gatsby) took the opportunity to help him out which lead to him living the lavish lifestyle with the rich and eventually becoming one of them himself. ]]> 2019-03-06 17:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338492782 Steve jobs 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338558759 steve jobs was an adopted college dropout who became one of the richest and most known entrepreneurs in the world. ]]> 2019-03-06 19:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338558759 Jay-Z 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338561313 Jay-Z grew up in a very violent, drug infested part of brooklyn, new york known as the "marcy projects" he worked his way up to becoming one of the most successful rappers and entrepreneurs in America. He is now worth 900 million.]]> 2019-03-06 19:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338561313 “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past(180).” 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338569581 I chose this quote because it shows that even if you have a fortune like Nick and most of the characters in the great gatsby they still have to keep working and stay on the grind because there will always be something else to achieve. ]]> 2019-03-06 19:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338569581 "On my last night , with my trunk packed and my car sold to the grocer, I went over and looked at the huge incoherent failure of a house once more(179)." 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338571533 This quote shows that even though gatsby had everything he wanted that he could buy but he still ended his life alone and without what he truly desired.]]> 2019-03-06 19:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338571533 The Military 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338602468 I decided to put this image in the collage because the American dream for a lot of the country is to serve in the military. The military is what protects us and keeps America safe and that is the american dream for many people.]]> 2019-03-06 20:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338602468 "Anything can happen now that we’ve slid over this bridge I thought anything at all (79)." 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338698604 I picked this quote because I think that it helps show how the American dreams is all about the opportunity to earn more.]]> 2019-03-07 03:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338698604 Free path 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338701363 I found this picture while reading about the American dream. I choose to use it because I think it has a strong message of freedom. This Image is showing how we all have the opportunity to work and build our own unique path.]]> 2019-03-07 03:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338701363 Hard work 20atormasi https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338926600 I choose to add this picture because I think that it has a very representation of the American dream. If you work hard enough and chose to take the right path then you can earn whatever you strive for.]]> 2019-03-07 16:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20atormasi/caz0c9pi1df5/wish/338926600