american dream

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Students work vigorously to uphold academic success. They set goals for themselves and strive to reach them. The American dream is like a grade which a student works hard to receive. The dream, just like the grade, may not always be easy to achieve, but through hard work and determination anyone can live out their dreams. In the stories, "The Glass Menagerie", "Death of a Salesman", and "A Raisin in the Sun", all of the families struggle to achieve their interpretation of the American dream.

Americans have personal views of what the American dream really is. To some, it's money, to others fame and popularity. To Willy Loman, that American dream meant raising the ideal All-American family, having a successful career, and most importantly, being well-liked. He became obsessed with making his family conform to the standards of the perfect family reflected in his American dream. His son Biff was the all-star football player, Willy lived in a nice house filled with ambitions and hopes for the future, and he had loving wife and wonderful career. Unfortunately, this lifestyle fell to pieces over the years, and soon, all his life became was the idea of the American dream. Willy has been a grea

to his mother and his sister. Tom's idea of the American dream is to live a life filled with diversity and excitement, and to be able to leave his mothers house without having to bear the feeling of guilt. Though Amanda is proud of Tom, she is insensitive to his position. She hassles him continually about his eating habits, his smoking, his going to the movies, his late hours, his boredom with the warehouse job, and his need for adventure. When Tom got fired for writing poetry on the boss's time, he leaves his home, as did his father, to find escape. He thinks that he has reached his American dream but is deceived, for he finds in every city there is a reminder of his sister.

While Laura has the American dream of being able to live her life without the help of others, Amanda has a dream of once again becoming a young southern belle. She frequently reminisces on the days when she was a young woman and she had seventeen gentleman callers who presented themselves one Sunday afternoon, men who later achieved wealth. Just as willfully, Amanda ignores present reality. Overanxious to have her daughter, Laura, securely married, she refuses to recognize the girl's painful shyness or to admit to her slightly crippled leg. Amanda is always trying to live out her mistakes through Laura.(Miller,687)

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s out that his "friend" that was supposed to be partners with Walter took off with all of their money(Miller,854). Due to Walter's insatiability, he lost both his American dream and Benatha's future as a doctor.(Gale group)

Whether it is money, fame, popularity, achievement, self-reliance, or adventure, the dream is the essence of life. The Youngers had the only realistic and obtainable dream, and at the end, they still

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