The American Dream

The American Dream is something that every American aspires to achieve, as it is called a “dream.” The dream we so aspire to be is defined as: “of political and religious freedom, equal access to education, equal opportunity in the workplace, and ultimately, success and wealth” as stated in “The Blair Reader” (391). Also in “The Blair Reader,” are a few essays that pertain to, and discuss the American Dream. Of these essays are: “Bharti Mukherjee’s “American Dreamer,” Lars Eighner’s “On Dumpster Diving,” Thomas Jefferson’s “Declaration Of Independence,” and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream.” Each of these stories incorporates the American Dream in one of the four ways mentioned above, which are political and religious freedom, equal access to education, equal opportunity in the workplace, and success and wealth. In Bharti Mukherjee’s “American Dreamer,” Mukherjee incorporates the American Dream when she strives for political and religious freedom by marrying a Canadian man after she came to study in America, where as her native land of Bengal is very strict on marrying within the religion and being restricted to certain limitations of freedom. In Lars Eighner’s “On Dumpster

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Approximate Word count = 1175
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)