Homework answers / question archive / Assignment Title: LTC 099 Essay #4 Is the American Dream Real? The Assignment ? Create an argumentative essay about the American dream ? Yes, it is ____ ? No, it is not ____ ? Yes/No, but _______ Materials needed: ? ? ? ? ? Any of the texts from Modules 4 and 5 Notes/responses to the texts from Modules 4 and 5 Prewriting Notes about paragraph and essay structure Notes about editing/punctuating sentences correctly Due dates: ? ? ? ? 4/29 -- Prewriting due before class starts 5/4 or 5/6--Conference with Mrs

Assignment Title: LTC 099 Essay #4 Is the American Dream Real? The Assignment ? Create an argumentative essay about the American dream ? Yes, it is ____ ? No, it is not ____ ? Yes/No, but _______ Materials needed: ? ? ? ? ? Any of the texts from Modules 4 and 5 Notes/responses to the texts from Modules 4 and 5 Prewriting Notes about paragraph and essay structure Notes about editing/punctuating sentences correctly Due dates: ? ? ? ? 4/29 -- Prewriting due before class starts 5/4 or 5/6--Conference with Mrs

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Assignment Title: LTC 099 Essay #4 Is the American Dream Real? The Assignment ? Create an argumentative essay about the American dream ? Yes, it is ____ ? No, it is not ____ ? Yes/No, but _______ Materials needed: ? ? ? ? ? Any of the texts from Modules 4 and 5 Notes/responses to the texts from Modules 4 and 5 Prewriting Notes about paragraph and essay structure Notes about editing/punctuating sentences correctly Due dates: ? ? ? ? 4/29 -- Prewriting due before class starts 5/4 or 5/6--Conference with Mrs. Ballard 5/11--Draft due before class starts (peer feedback) 5/18 -- Final draft due by 11:59 pm (no late assignments accepted) Submission Expectations: ? ? Post as a .doc or .docx file to the D2L dropbox Be sure that your final paper is set up with proper MLA heading, header, margins, font, and line spacing. Your essay grade will be reduced by 10% if it is not set up properly. Some things to think about as you are writing: ? Your first body paragraph should have a clear and concise definition of the American dream. This can come from Essay #3. This is the basis for your argument! Your argument must be supported with facts from our course texts. Your argument should be creative and unique. Each body paragraph should have a clear focus that connects to your thesis. ? ? ? Required Elements: ? Your final draft should ? Be 4-5 pages in length (include an introduction paragraph with thesis statement, at least 5 body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph) ? Use at least three course texts to support your argument ? Be double-spaced and use 12-point, Times New Roman font. ? Include a correct heading, header, title, and spacing ? Include correct in-text citations and a Works Cited page ? Be edited for punctuation and grammar rules that we have learned this semester. Other important information: ? When you submit your first draft, you must ask at least two questions that you would like me to answer for your feedback. The questions should be put in the comments box when you upload your document in the dropbox. The final copy of this essay is worth 250 points You are encouraged to work with a tutor from The Write Place, but it is not required. You do not need to include a counter-argument for this essay ? ? ? ? Is the American dream real? I think yes, the American dream is real because of the many opportunities and resources available to you in the United States. To me, the American dream is to have a family and a stable job. It's comfortable and happy with what you've built from the ground up. My parents labored at all hours of the day and night to achieve what we have now. My parents have always told us not everybody in the world has the same opportunities as us. When we become a resident of the United States, we gain access to benefits that they may not have access to in other countries. ? If you want to achieve the american dream you have to have proper education? Working hard would bring success, prosperity, and happiness, according to the American Dream. This means finding a job you enjoy doing, a family to come home to, and the financial means to support them. Although the American Dream differs from one person to the next, wealth and happiness are universal. The American dream is alive, and with the right planning, it can be realized in today's society. A successful education provides the necessary training to begin the process of realizing the American dream. The first step is to enroll in a good college or university. I can think of one or two examples of well-educated people who have achieved great success and prosperity in their lives. It is possible to fulfill the American Dream without receiving a proper education, but the options are limited. My brother, on the other hand, beat the odds and accomplished the American Dream without ever finishing college. ? What is the american dream for immigrants? This country was built on the idea that everyone should come here and have the right to freedom, life, and happiness. The United States of America is a nation of people from all over the globe, and this country's racial diversity is what makes it great. When my family and I came to the U.S as immigrants we had a american dream that owning a home, a car, job and get better education. Krupali Navadiya Mrs. Ballard LTC_099_500 May 6. 2021 Is the American Dream Real? The American dream is a common goal among people in the United States to attain their goals. It incorporates the desire for people to attain material wealth, including owning a home. It also involves parents offering their children all the necessary opportunities to attain more and more. One constant principle of the American dream is that success can be attained through hard work. It suggests that the economic structure in America is fair and rewards individuals based on their efforts and merit. It means financial stability, the good life, living in the suburbs, a few minutes of fame, and pursuit of happiness. However, these beliefs are hardly a reflection of the visible realities of the economy of societies in the United States. Many issues within the country influence the extent to which an individual can accomplish. The goal of the American dream is to create a society where each person can access equal opportunities. This essay argues that the American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. The American dream assumes the lifestyle in the 1950s, where the family resides in the suburban home, the father was the head of the family, the wife was always at home looking all beautiful, and children remained obedient and happy (Johnson n.d.). The assumption has made consumers spend a lot of their money on unrealistic investments in the hope of attaining the American dream rather than seeking to establish their concept of happiness. With the American dream envisioning a stable home with a father, mother, children, and a well-fed family, it lacks the reality of the existence of single families, cohabiting couples, people that cannot bear children and elders (Johnson n.d.). It assumes that not owning a home and residing in rentals makes one a loser. The dream does not cater to people in all social life, making it very unrealistic and hard to attain. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. The problem is that people fail to realize that happiness cannot exist as a commodity but rather an internally easily found component that is free of charge (Johnson n.d.). It is easy to identify how the American Dream fools people through the way commodities are advertised. People are made to believe that everything advertised in the stores is factual. Parents are made to purchase very expensive cereals for their young ones and have to take their children to expensive restaurants to appreciate food and an atmosphere that hardly gives pleasure based on how loud it tends to be (Johnson n.d.). All these are false dreams of happiness. People need to understand that these deals of happiness are trappings of the western culture in a severely performed series. These illusions can be thrown away by each American to establish their own unique experiences depending on what makes them happy. Thirdly, the American dream is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem to get satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough (Ehrenreich 8). It pushed Americans into setting unrealistic goals, then feeling ashamed, depressed, and anxious when they failed to attain these goals. For over a century, the lives of Americans have been dominated by revolutions of increasing expectations. Each coming generation expects to achieve more than the previous. Most people have what they require but still have a list of things they need to obtain, which they do not need. Americans have a shared perspective that their living standards must always extend upwards, Americans have increasingly taken debts. The average consumer debt in America has gone up from 22% in 1958 to 45% in recent years (Kamp 8). It has become so adverse that debt is more than three and half times the economic output. Even in a collapsed economy, Americans still have a chance to identify the unfortunate unrealistic demands of the American dream and make changes to reside in a country where they choose how to go about their daily work and lives. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. These are contrary to what Thomas Jefferson explained concerning the American dream, that all American citizens have the right to liberty, happiness, and pursuit of life (Jillson 31). Today, the chance to lie about the American dream is hardly shared among everyone as it was many decades ago. A few Americans still think that their children will be better off than they are, with less and less optimism, especially with frequent economic recessions. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. It entails values like hard work, economic independence, and economic advancements. However, second-wave feminism considers employment as an essential part of their identity. In the 1950s, motherhood was not recognized or determined as work (MillerAdams 117). In recent days, women who fail to work to stay home as mothers feel they have lost a sense of self, economic independence, and a source of income. They remain at risk of becoming socially invisible people. While motherhood remains an essential part of the American dream, it is hard to attain the dream. The American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. Thirdly, it is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. The American dream should entail stable families but not extensive working hours that leave children without the presence of their mothers and fathers. It should accommodate the goals of owning a home but should not impose necessary long-life debts to meet these goals. A more realistic dream will give each citizen a unique sense of responsibility, a decent opportunity and scale the walls to attain anything they wished. Krupali Navadiya Mrs. Ballard LTC_099_500 May 6. 2021 Is the American Dream Real? The American dream is a common goal among people in the United States to attain their goals. It incorporates the desire for people to attain material wealth, including owning a home. It also involves parents offering their children all the necessary opportunities to attain more and more. One constant principle of the American dream is that success can be attained through hard work. It suggests that the economic structure in America is fair and rewards individuals based on their efforts and merit. It means financial stability, the good life, living in the suburbs, a few minutes of fame, and pursuit of happiness. However, these beliefs are hardly a reflection of the visible realities of the economy of societies in the United States. Many issues within the country influence the extent to which an individual can accomplish. The goal of the American dream is to create a society where each person can access equal opportunities. This essay argues that the American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. The American dream assumes the lifestyle in the 1950s, where the family resides in the suburban home, the father was the head of the family, the wife was always at home looking all beautiful, and children remained obedient and happy (Johnson n.d.). The assumption has made consumers spend a lot of their money on unrealistic investments in the hope of attaining the American dream rather than seeking to establish their concept of happiness. With the American dream envisioning a stable home with a father, mother, children, and a well-fed family, it lacks the reality of the existence of single families, cohabiting couples, people that cannot bear children and elders (Johnson n.d.). It assumes that not owning a home and residing in rentals makes one a loser. The dream does not cater to people in all social life, making it very unrealistic and hard to attain. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. The problem is that people fail to realize that happiness cannot exist as a commodity but rather an internally easily found component that is free of charge (Johnson n.d.). It is easy to identify how the American Dream fools people through the way commodities are advertised. People are made to believe that everything advertised in the stores is factual. Parents are made to purchase very expensive cereals for their young ones and have to take their children to expensive restaurants to appreciate food and an atmosphere that hardly gives pleasure based on how loud it tends to be (Johnson n.d.). All these are false dreams of happiness. People need to understand that these deals of happiness are trappings of the western culture in a severely performed series. These illusions can be thrown away by each American to establish their own unique experiences depending on what makes them happy. Thirdly, the American dream is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem to get satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough (Ehrenreich 8). It pushed Americans into setting unrealistic goals, then feeling ashamed, depressed, and anxious when they failed to attain these goals. For over a century, the lives of Americans have been dominated by revolutions of increasing expectations. Each coming generation expects to achieve more than the previous. Most people have what they require but still have a list of things they need to obtain, which they do not need. Americans have a shared perspective that their living standards must always extend upwards, Americans have increasingly taken debts. The average consumer debt in America has gone up from 22% in 1958 to 45% in recent years (Kamp 8). It has become so adverse that debt is more than three and half times the economic output. Even in a collapsed economy, Americans still have a chance to identify the unfortunate unrealistic demands of the American dream and make changes to reside in a country where they choose how to go about their daily work and lives. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. These are contrary to what Thomas Jefferson explained concerning the American dream, that all American citizens have the right to liberty, happiness, and pursuit of life (Jillson 31). Today, the chance to lie about the American dream is hardly shared among everyone as it was many decades ago. A few Americans still think that their children will be better off than they are, with less and less optimism, especially with frequent economic recessions. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. It entails values like hard work, economic independence, and economic advancements. However, second-wave feminism considers employment as an essential part of their identity. In the 1950s, motherhood was not recognized or determined as work (MillerAdams 117). In recent days, women who fail to work to stay home as mothers feel they have lost a sense of self, economic independence, and a source of income. They remain at risk of becoming socially invisible people. While motherhood remains an essential part of the American dream, it is hard to attain the dream. The American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. Thirdly, it is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. The American dream should entail stable families but not extensive working hours that leave children without the presence of their mothers and fathers. It should accommodate the goals of owning a home but should not impose necessary long-life debts to meet these goals. A more realistic dream will give each citizen a unique sense of responsibility, a decent opportunity and scale the walls to attain anything they wished. Krupali Navadiya Mrs. Ballard LTC_099_500 May 6. 2021 Is the American Dream Real? The American dream is a common goal among people in the United States to attain their goals. It incorporates the desire for people to attain material wealth, including owning a home. It also involves parents offering their children all the necessary opportunities to attain more and more. One constant principle of the American dream is that success can be attained through hard work. It suggests that the economic structure in America is fair and rewards individuals based on their efforts and merit. It means financial stability, the good life, living in the suburbs, a few minutes of fame, and pursuit of happiness. However, these beliefs are hardly a reflection of the visible realities of the economy of societies in the United States. Many issues within the country influence the extent to which an individual can accomplish. The goal of the American dream is to create a society where each person can access equal opportunities. This essay argues that the American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. The American dream assumes the lifestyle in the 1950s, where the family resides in the suburban home, the father was the head of the family, the wife was always at home looking all beautiful, and children remained obedient and happy (Johnson n.d.). The assumption has made consumers spend a lot of their money on unrealistic investments in the hope of attaining the American dream rather than seeking to establish their concept of happiness. With the American dream envisioning a stable home with a father, mother, children, and a well-fed family, it lacks the reality of the existence of single families, cohabiting couples, people that cannot bear children and elders (Johnson n.d.). It assumes that not owning a home and residing in rentals makes one a loser. The dream does not cater to people in all social life, making it very unrealistic and hard to attain. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. The problem is that people fail to realize that happiness cannot exist as a commodity but rather an internally easily found component that is free of charge (Johnson n.d.). It is easy to identify how the American Dream fools people through the way commodities are advertised. People are made to believe that everything advertised in the stores is factual. Parents are made to purchase very expensive cereals for their young ones and have to take their children to expensive restaurants to appreciate food and an atmosphere that hardly gives pleasure based on how loud it tends to be (Johnson n.d.). All these are false dreams of happiness. People need to understand that these deals of happiness are trappings of the western culture in a severely performed series. These illusions can be thrown away by each American to establish their own unique experiences depending on what makes them happy. Thirdly, the American dream is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem to get satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough (Ehrenreich 8). It pushed Americans into setting unrealistic goals, then feeling ashamed, depressed, and anxious when they failed to attain these goals. For over a century, the lives of Americans have been dominated by revolutions of increasing expectations. Each coming generation expects to achieve more than the previous. Most people have what they require but still have a list of things they need to obtain, which they do not need. Americans have a shared perspective that their living standards must always extend upwards, Americans have increasingly taken debts. The average consumer debt in America has gone up from 22% in 1958 to 45% in recent years (Kamp 8). It has become so adverse that debt is more than three and half times the economic output. Even in a collapsed economy, Americans still have a chance to identify the unfortunate unrealistic demands of the American dream and make changes to reside in a country where they choose how to go about their daily work and lives. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. These are contrary to what Thomas Jefferson explained concerning the American dream, that all American citizens have the right to liberty, happiness, and pursuit of life (Jillson 31). Today, the chance to lie about the American dream is hardly shared among everyone as it was many decades ago. A few Americans still think that their children will be better off than they are, with less and less optimism, especially with frequent economic recessions. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. It entails values like hard work, economic independence, and economic advancements. However, second-wave feminism considers employment as an essential part of their identity. In the 1950s, motherhood was not recognized or determined as work (MillerAdams 117). In recent days, women who fail to work to stay home as mothers feel they have lost a sense of self, economic independence, and a source of income. They remain at risk of becoming socially invisible people. While motherhood remains an essential part of the American dream, it is hard to attain the dream. The American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. Thirdly, it is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. The American dream should entail stable families but not extensive working hours that leave children without the presence of their mothers and fathers. It should accommodate the goals of owning a home but should not impose necessary long-life debts to meet these goals. A more realistic dream will give each citizen a unique sense of responsibility, a decent opportunity and scale the walls to attain anything they wished. Krupali Navadiya Mrs. Ballard LTC_099_500 May 6. 2021 Is the American Dream Real? The American dream is a common goal among people in the United States to attain their goals. It incorporates the desire for people to attain material wealth, including owning a home. It also involves parents offering their children all the necessary opportunities to attain more and more. One constant principle of the American dream is that success can be attained through hard work. It suggests that the economic structure in America is fair and rewards individuals based on their efforts and merit. It means financial stability, the good life, living in the suburbs, a few minutes of fame, and pursuit of happiness. However, these beliefs are hardly a reflection of the visible realities of the economy of societies in the United States. Many issues within the country influence the extent to which an individual can accomplish. The goal of the American dream is to create a society where each person can access equal opportunities. This essay argues that the American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. The American dream assumes the lifestyle in the 1950s, where the family resides in the suburban home, the father was the head of the family, the wife was always at home looking all beautiful, and children remained obedient and happy (Johnson n.d.). The assumption has made consumers spend a lot of their money on unrealistic investments in the hope of attaining the American dream rather than seeking to establish their concept of happiness. With the American dream envisioning a stable home with a father, mother, children, and a well-fed family, it lacks the reality of the existence of single families, cohabiting couples, people that cannot bear children and elders (Johnson n.d.). It assumes that not owning a home and residing in rentals makes one a loser. The dream does not cater to people in all social life, making it very unrealistic and hard to attain. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. The problem is that people fail to realize that happiness cannot exist as a commodity but rather an internally easily found component that is free of charge (Johnson n.d.). It is easy to identify how the American Dream fools people through the way commodities are advertised. People are made to believe that everything advertised in the stores is factual. Parents are made to purchase very expensive cereals for their young ones and have to take their children to expensive restaurants to appreciate food and an atmosphere that hardly gives pleasure based on how loud it tends to be (Johnson n.d.). All these are false dreams of happiness. People need to understand that these deals of happiness are trappings of the western culture in a severely performed series. These illusions can be thrown away by each American to establish their own unique experiences depending on what makes them happy. Thirdly, the American dream is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem to get satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough (Ehrenreich 8). It pushed Americans into setting unrealistic goals, then feeling ashamed, depressed, and anxious when they failed to attain these goals. For over a century, the lives of Americans have been dominated by revolutions of increasing expectations. Each coming generation expects to achieve more than the previous. Most people have what they require but still have a list of things they need to obtain, which they do not need. Americans have a shared perspective that their living standards must always extend upwards, Americans have increasingly taken debts. The average consumer debt in America has gone up from 22% in 1958 to 45% in recent years (Kamp 8). It has become so adverse that debt is more than three and half times the economic output. Even in a collapsed economy, Americans still have a chance to identify the unfortunate unrealistic demands of the American dream and make changes to reside in a country where they choose how to go about their daily work and lives. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. These are contrary to what Thomas Jefferson explained concerning the American dream, that all American citizens have the right to liberty, happiness, and pursuit of life (Jillson 31). Today, the chance to lie about the American dream is hardly shared among everyone as it was many decades ago. A few Americans still think that their children will be better off than they are, with less and less optimism, especially with frequent economic recessions. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. It entails values like hard work, economic independence, and economic advancements. However, second-wave feminism considers employment as an essential part of their identity. In the 1950s, motherhood was not recognized or determined as work (MillerAdams 117). In recent days, women who fail to work to stay home as mothers feel they have lost a sense of self, economic independence, and a source of income. They remain at risk of becoming socially invisible people. While motherhood remains an essential part of the American dream, it is hard to attain the dream. The American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. Thirdly, it is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. The American dream should entail stable families but not extensive working hours that leave children without the presence of their mothers and fathers. It should accommodate the goals of owning a home but should not impose necessary long-life debts to meet these goals. A more realistic dream will give each citizen a unique sense of responsibility, a decent opportunity and scale the walls to attain anything they wished. Krupali Navadiya Mrs. Ballard LTC_099_500 May 6. 2021 Is the American Dream Real? The American dream is a common goal among people in the United States to attain their goals. It incorporates the desire for people to attain material wealth, including owning a home. It also involves parents offering their children all the necessary opportunities to attain more and more. One constant principle of the American dream is that success can be attained through hard work. It suggests that the economic structure in America is fair and rewards individuals based on their efforts and merit. It means financial stability, the good life, living in the suburbs, a few minutes of fame, and pursuit of happiness. However, these beliefs are hardly a reflection of the visible realities of the economy of societies in the United States. Many issues within the country influence the extent to which an individual can accomplish. The goal of the American dream is to create a society where each person can access equal opportunities. This essay argues that the American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. The American dream assumes the lifestyle in the 1950s, where the family resides in the suburban home, the father was the head of the family, the wife was always at home looking all beautiful, and children remained obedient and happy (Johnson n.d.). The assumption has made consumers spend a lot of their money on unrealistic investments in the hope of attaining the American dream rather than seeking to establish their concept of happiness. With the American dream envisioning a stable home with a father, mother, children, and a well-fed family, it lacks the reality of the existence of single families, cohabiting couples, people that cannot bear children and elders (Johnson n.d.). It assumes that not owning a home and residing in rentals makes one a loser. The dream does not cater to people in all social life, making it very unrealistic and hard to attain. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. The problem is that people fail to realize that happiness cannot exist as a commodity but rather an internally easily found component that is free of charge (Johnson n.d.). It is easy to identify how the American Dream fools people through the way commodities are advertised. People are made to believe that everything advertised in the stores is factual. Parents are made to purchase very expensive cereals for their young ones and have to take their children to expensive restaurants to appreciate food and an atmosphere that hardly gives pleasure based on how loud it tends to be (Johnson n.d.). All these are false dreams of happiness. People need to understand that these deals of happiness are trappings of the western culture in a severely performed series. These illusions can be thrown away by each American to establish their own unique experiences depending on what makes them happy. Thirdly, the American dream is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem to get satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough (Ehrenreich 8). It pushed Americans into setting unrealistic goals, then feeling ashamed, depressed, and anxious when they failed to attain these goals. For over a century, the lives of Americans have been dominated by revolutions of increasing expectations. Each coming generation expects to achieve more than the previous. Most people have what they require but still have a list of things they need to obtain, which they do not need. Americans have a shared perspective that their living standards must always extend upwards, Americans have increasingly taken debts. The average consumer debt in America has gone up from 22% in 1958 to 45% in recent years (Kamp 8). It has become so adverse that debt is more than three and half times the economic output. Even in a collapsed economy, Americans still have a chance to identify the unfortunate unrealistic demands of the American dream and make changes to reside in a country where they choose how to go about their daily work and lives. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. These are contrary to what Thomas Jefferson explained concerning the American dream, that all American citizens have the right to liberty, happiness, and pursuit of life (Jillson 31). Today, the chance to lie about the American dream is hardly shared among everyone as it was many decades ago. A few Americans still think that their children will be better off than they are, with less and less optimism, especially with frequent economic recessions. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. It entails values like hard work, economic independence, and economic advancements. However, second-wave feminism considers employment as an essential part of their identity. In the 1950s, motherhood was not recognized or determined as work (MillerAdams 117). In recent days, women who fail to work to stay home as mothers feel they have lost a sense of self, economic independence, and a source of income. They remain at risk of becoming socially invisible people. While motherhood remains an essential part of the American dream, it is hard to attain the dream. The American dream is not real since attaining the American dream is challenging and impossible for most Americans. Firstly, most people in America can hardly afford to purchase a home or even fit into the ideal of the fifties. Secondly, the American dream is an illusion that attempts to make consumers spend more money to purchase things they think will grant them happiness, yet happiness is never attained. Thirdly, it is hardly attainable in a constantly changing world where people do not seem satisfied with what they have, where nothing is ever enough. Also, America is well recognized for its unexplained heightened levels of inequality and social mobility. Finally, the American dream causes conflicts when it comes to productive and reproductive labor. The American dream should entail stable families but not extensive working hours that leave children without the presence of their mothers and fathers. It should accommodate the goals of owning a home but should not impose necessary long-life debts to meet these goals. A more realistic dream will give each citizen a unique sense of responsibility, a decent opportunity and scale the walls to attain anything they wished. Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - Googl x | Feedback for Essay 4 X ® Feedback for Essay 4 x | S SOLUTION: Essay abc X B American_Dream - LT X P American_Dream ? + + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/american_dream?assignmentid=kWCMGJrSkTZcjF7EF&part=1 Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > American Dream Page 1 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X My scores Notifications Date: 2020 From: Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection Publisher: Gale, a Cengage Company Document Type: Topic overview Length: 1,729 words Content Level: (Level 5) Lexile Measure: 1340L Notes 2 11 Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course Chats Groups #Announcements Full Text: The American Dream refers to a common aspiration among Americans to improve their lives. Though the American Dream is often framed as a singular concept, the idea can mean different things to different people at different times. One popular definition involves a desire to achieve material success, typically represented by home ownership. Other definitions depend on achieving more than one's parents and providing one's children with opportunities to achieve even more. For many people abroad, the United States represents a land of opportunity where people can exercise their rights freely and enjoy greater social mobility than in other countries. Q General discussion One-on-One w Hashtags #grades #hard A recurring tenet of the American Dream is that material success can be achieved through hard work. This idea suggests that the US economic system is fair and society rewards people based on their effort and individual merit. Such beliefs, however, do not reflect the realities of the US economy, wherein a wide set of variables can influence what a person can accomplish. For some Americans, the goal of the American Dream is to create a country where everyone has access to the same opportunities. #lecture #logistics #question Show more Though the accomplishments of the civil rights movement and other social justice campaigns have helped remove some barriers to social mobility, some economists argue that achieving the American Dream has become more difficult for some people and remains an impossibility for many. Further, many Americans believe that working hard and obeying the rules do not guarantee success. A 2019 Gallup poll found that 70 percent of US adults believed the American Dream was achievable; however 29 percent thought it was unattainable. This disillusionment was especially strong among women under 50 years old (42 percent), Democrats (38 percent), nonwhites (37 percent), and people making less than $40,000 annually (37 percent). Main Ideas o People may hold different definitions of the American Dream, but the concept generally involves the a 7 thoughtful comments required for full X improve their lives through hard work. credit The American Dream is often associated with professional success and wealth accumulation. College ownership are frequently cited as elements of the American Dream. O W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - Googl x | Feedback for Essay 4 X ® Feedback for Essay 4 x | S SOLUTION: Essay abc X B American_Dream - LT X P American_Dream ? + + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/american_dream?assignmentid=kWCMGJrSkTZcjF7EF&part=1 Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > American Dream Page 1 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X My scores Notifications Date: 2020 From: Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection Publisher: Gale, a Cengage Company Document Type: Topic overview Length: 1,729 words Content Level: (Level 5) Lexile Measure: 1340L Notes 2 11 Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course Chats Groups #Announcements Full Text: The American Dream refers to a common aspiration among Americans to improve their lives. Though the American Dream is often framed as a singular concept, the idea can mean different things to different people at different times. One popular definition involves a desire to achieve material success, typically represented by home ownership. Other definitions depend on achieving more than one's parents and providing one's children with opportunities to achieve even more. For many people abroad, the United States represents a land of opportunity where people can exercise their rights freely and enjoy greater social mobility than in other countries. Q General discussion One-on-One w Hashtags #grades #hard A recurring tenet of the American Dream is that material success can be achieved through hard work. This idea suggests that the US economic system is fair and society rewards people based on their effort and individual merit. Such beliefs, however, do not reflect the realities of the US economy, wherein a wide set of variables can influence what a person can accomplish. For some Americans, the goal of the American Dream is to create a country where everyone has access to the same opportunities. #lecture #logistics #question Show more Though the accomplishments of the civil rights movement and other social justice campaigns have helped remove some barriers to social mobility, some economists argue that achieving the American Dream has become more difficult for some people and remains an impossibility for many. Further, many Americans believe that working hard and obeying the rules do not guarantee success. A 2019 Gallup poll found that 70 percent of US adults believed the American Dream was achievable; however 29 percent thought it was unattainable. This disillusionment was especially strong among women under 50 years old (42 percent), Democrats (38 percent), nonwhites (37 percent), and people making less than $40,000 annually (37 percent). Main Ideas o People may hold different definitions of the American Dream, but the concept generally involves the a 7 thoughtful comments required for full X improve their lives through hard work. credit The American Dream is often associated with professional success and wealth accumulation. College ownership are frequently cited as elements of the American Dream. O W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - Googl x | Feedback for Essay 4 X ® Feedback for Essay 4 x | S SOLUTION: Essay abc X B American_Dream - LT X P American_Dream ? + + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/american_dream?assignmentid=kWCMGJrSkTZcjF7EF&part=1 Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > American_Dream Page 1 A All comments .... ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X American Dream 0 My scores Notifications Notes 2 ? Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course Date: 2020 From: Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection Publisher: Gale, a Cengage Company Document Type: Topic overview Length: 1,729 words Content Level: (Level 5) Lexile Measure: 1340L Chats Groups a Announcements General discussion One-on-One Full Text: The American Dream refers to a common aspiration among Americans to improve their lives. Though the American Dream is often framed as a singular concept, the idea can mean different things to different people at different times. One popular definition involves a desire to achieve material success, typically represented by home ownership. Other definitions depend on achieving more than one's parents and providing one's children with opportunities to achieve even more. For many people abroad, the United States represents a land of opportunity where people can exercise their rights freely and enjoy greater social mobility than in other countries. Hashtags #grades #hard #lecture #logistics #question Show more A recurring tenet of the American Dream is that material success can be achieved through hard work. This idea suggests that the US economic system is fair and society rewards people based on their effort and individual merit. Such beliefs, however, do not reflect the realities of the US economy, wherein a wide set of variables can influence what a person can accomplish. For some Americans, the goal of the American Dream is to create a country where everyone has access to the same opportunities. A M Though the accomplishments of the civil rights movement and other social justice campaigns have helped remove some barriers to social mobility, some economists argue that achieving the American Dream has become more difficult for some people and remains an impossibility for many. Further, many Americans believe that working hard and obeying the rules do not guarantee success. A 2019 Gallup poll found that 70 percent of US adults believed the American Dream was achievable; however 29 percent thought it was unattainable. This disillusionment was especially strong among women under 50 years old (42 percent), Democrats (38 percent), nonwhites (37 percent), and people making less than $40,000 annually (37 percent). Main Ideas People may hold different definitions of the American Dream, but the concept generally involves the ability of Americans to O W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg ^ Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - Googl x | Feedback for Essay 4 X ® Feedback for Essay 4 x | S SOLUTION: Essay abc X B American_Dream - LT X P American_Dream ? + + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/american_dream?assignmentid=kWCMGJrSkTZcjF7EF&part=1 Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List A Q Notes 2 ? Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > American_Dream Page 1 All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya improve their lives through hard work. LTC_099_500_... X o The American Dream is often associated with professional success and wealth accumulation. College education and home My scores ownership are frequently cited as elements of the American Dream. o Though the United States is often talked about as a land of equal opportunity, many variables can make the American Notifications Dream more difficult to achieve for some individuals and groups. A significant portion of the US population believes it is unattainable. Add to my calendar o Historian James Truslow Adams popularized the term "The American Dream" in the 1930s with an essay contending that C) Unenroll from course happiness and success could more easily be achieved in the United States than in Europe. o Following World War II, the US economy grew substantially. Federal housing programs, suburban sprawl, and other Chats developments of the twentieth century contributed to a housing boom. o The Great Recession of the early twenty-first century resulted in many Americans losing their jobs and their homes. The Groups economic disruption also led many Americans to delay life milestones, such as marriage and purchasing a home. Announcements General discussion Origins of the American Dream One-on-One The conceptual origins of the American Dream lay in the European Enlightenment, a philosophical movement that began in the 1600s and ended around the same time that the United States secured its independence. Enlightenment thinkers opposed aristocracy and Hashtags placed a high value on individual liberty. These sentiments inspired many of the founders of the United States and helped shape the #grades country's early vision. Though the term "American Dream" did not become popularized until the twentieth century, a belief that all #hard Americans should be free to prosper from their own hard work appears early in US history. The idea became part of the national #lecture ethos, as can be seen in the opening of the Declaration of Independence, in which Thomas Jefferson asserted that governments #logistics should not infringe upon people's rights to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." The text paraphrased a popular Enlightenment idea that everyone had a right to own property and pursue greater accumulation of wealth. #question a A M Show more Historians have credited the geographic landscape of the United States with helping shape its national character, particularly the sense that the country represents a land of opportunity. When European settlers and later immigrants arrived in the Americas, the land was neither densely populated nor heavily developed. Without an established system of landed aristocracy, the vast country W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg ^ Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - Googl x | Feedback for Essay 4 X ® Feedback for Essay 4 x | S SOLUTION: Essay abc X B American_Dream - LT X P American_Dream ? + + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/american_dream?assignmentid=kWCMGJrSkTZcjF7EF&part=1 Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > American Dream Page 2 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X 0 My scores Notifications Historians have credited the geographic landscape of the United States with helping shape its national character, particularly the sense that the country represents a land of opportunity. When European settlers and later immigrants arrived in the Americas, the land was neither densely populated nor heavily developed. Without an established system of landed aristocracy, the vast country provided many new arrivals with their first opportunity to own land. Securing this land, however, often involved the forced displacement of Indigenous populations. Notes 2 ? Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course Throughout the nineteenth century, politicians framed the nation's westward expansion as manifest destiny, or the country's sacred mission to annex the wilderness. This expansion, however, created questions about the nation's character. The push westward led to the relocation and massacre of many Indigenous peoples and forced the question of whether the institution of slavery should expand into these new territories. Chats Groups Announcements Q General discussion One-on-One The United States has historically sought to cast itself as a beacon of hope for foreigners seeking to improve their lives. Though the term "American Dream" may have appeared previously, historians generally credit historian James Truslow Adams with coining the phrase in his 1931 treatise The Epic of America. Published during the Great Depression (1929-1933), the book presented an optimistic assessment of the country's situation, arguing that a prosperous and happy life could more easily be attained in the United States than in Europe. The idea that success could be achieved regardless of social station was central to Adams's concept. Adams characterized this American Dream as both practical and aspirational, suggesting that Americans could one day enjoy greater equality, opportunity, and freedom. He argued that Europe's entrenched class system placed it at a disadvantage, compared to the United States, when pursuing a more harmonious social order. Hashtags #grades #hard 2 #lecture #logistics #question Show more Critical Thinking Questions o How have European intellectual traditions contributed to the collective understanding of the American Dream? o In what ways do you think Americans in the twenty-first century perceive the American Dream differently than previous generations? Explain your answer. o Do you think material success is an essential component of the American Dream? Why or why not? w Association with the Single-Family Home The US economy emerged from the Great Depression due in part to an expansion of government programs as well as the country's involvement in World War II (1939-1945), during which industrial productivity and corporate profits doubled. Many economic recovery programs created before the war aimed to improve construction standards and make homebuying easier, including the establishment W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg ^ Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - Googl x | Feedback for Essay 4 X ® Feedback for Essay 4 x | S SOLUTION: Essay abc X B American_Dream - LT X P American_Dream ? + + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/american_dream?assignmentid=kWCMGJrSkTZcjF7EF&part=1 Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > American_Dream Page 2 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X Association with the Single-Family Home Q My scores Notifications Notes 2 ? Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course The US economy emerged from the Great Depression due in part to an expansion of government programs as well as the country's involvement in World War II (1939-1945), during which industrial productivity and corporate profits doubled. Many economic recovery programs created before the war aimed to improve construction standards and make homebuying easier, including the establishment of such agencies as the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, and the US Housing Authority. Unlike Europe and East Asia, the United States did not need to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by the war. The war led to a boom in new building, including public housing designed specifically to meet the needs of the country's expanding defense industry as workers around the country migrated to areas that had become centers of military production. Following the war, the federal government made it easier for some veterans to secure preferential mortgages for buying homes and low-interest loans for starting business through the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly referred to as the GI Bill. The act also helped veterans receive assistance for higher education. These programs improved social mobility for many Americans. However, benefits were not equally available to everyone, particularly people of color. Chats Groups a Announcements General discussion One-on-One OB Hashtags #grades #hard In the 1950s, Congress passed several laws approving over $40 billion of federal funds to develop the national highway system. Coupled with postwar prosperity, this spurred a dramatic increase in car ownership; only 60 percent of Americans owned cars in 1940, but 80 percent owned cars twenty years later. The highway system also encouraged the growth of suburban communities, in which people who worked in urban areas could own single-family homes and commute to their jobs. Large suburban housing developments implemented assembly-line-style construction methods, enabling communities to quickly emerge outside of metropolitan areas. ? #lecture #logistics #question Show more w At this time, the American Dream became synonymous with homeownership. However, official policies maintained by banks and federal agencies typically made securing mortgages much more difficult for people of color than for white homebuyers. Federal and state lawmakers sought to address housing discrimination several times in the 1960s through several initiatives, including the Rumford Fair Housing Act of 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Though such laws prohibit discrimination, racial disparities in home ownership persist. According to the US Census Bureau, 64.6 percent of American adults owned their own home in 2019, including 73.3 percent of non-Hispanic white Americans, 47.5 percent of Hispanic or Latinx Americans, and 42.1 percent of black Americans. In the 1990s, several financial institutions began targeting low-income families with predatory housing loans. These loans, commonly referred to as subprime loans, often involved excessive fees, high interest rates, and unfavorable payment requirements. Though these loans brought borrowers with low credit scores closer to achieving the American Dream, each loan carried significant risk that W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg ^ Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - 6 * | Feedback for Ess x | Feedback for Ess ? | S SOLUTION: Essay x | The_American_D * P The_American_D. X P American_Dream x + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/the_american_dream_does_not_ex?assignmentld=vr5JMJTJmSy3kp83x&part=1 ? Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > The_American_Dream_Does_Not... Page 1 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X The American Dream Does Not Exist Q My scores Notifications Notes 2 ? Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course Author: Lorie A. Johnson Editor: Kate Burns Date: 2006 From: Is the American Dream a Myth? Publisher: Greenhaven Press Series: At Issue Document Type: Viewpoint essay Length: 1,209 words Content Level: (Level 3) Lexile Measure: 1070L Chats Groups a Announcements General discussion One-on-One Full Text: Article Commentary Lorie A. Johnson, “The 'American Dream': A Delusion?," www.sunfell.com, March 18, 2001. © 2001 Sunfell. Reproduced by permission. Hashtags #grades #hard Lorie A. Johnson calls herself a "philosopher geek" and publishes essays on her Web site Sunfell and in magazines and journals. She also works as an information systems specialist for the Arkansas state legislature. #lecture #logistics #question Show more A w Most people assume the American dream is about achieving the nostalgic ideal of 1950s family life-Dad in charge of the household, Mom always looking pretty, and their children happily obedient and affectionate. The belief that success means living in a suburban home with a nuclear family causes many Americans to disparage any lifestyle that departs from this false image of family life. In truth, the suburbs are full of dysfunctional families and overdeveloped housing tracts. Many people in America cannot afford to buy a home, and most families do not fit the fifties-era ideal. Nonetheless, the media and advertisers continue to promote the delusion of the American dream, and consumers continue to spend their money in hope of achieving it. However, in order to be truly happy, Americans need to reject the false American dream and create their own vision of happiness. It is impossible to live a week in the United States and not hear something about "the American Dream." It is as much a part of our cultural mythos as is baseball, apple pie, rock-and-roll music and politics. Yet, few people really examine it closely and discover what it truly is. Is it a dream, or a vision? Or some callously advertised ideal foisted upon us by the corporate media, cleverly disguised as our own draamc2 W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - 6 * | Feedback for Ess x | Feedback for Ess ? | S SOLUTION: Essay x | The_American_D * P The_American_D. X P American_Dream x + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/the_american_dream_does_not_ex?assignmentld=vr5JMJTJmSy3kp83x&part=1 ? Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > The_American_Dream_Does_Not... Page 1 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X The American Illusion Q My scores Notifications What is the "American Dream"? It is often presented to us as the idealistic vision of a married couple with two or more children, owning a home in the suburbs and driving one or more large cars. Everyone is solvent and well-fed, the man is king of his family, God is in His heaven and all is well with the world. It has a fifties flavor to it, this original vision, Dad in his hat, Mom in her girdled dress and pearls, and Dick and Jane with a ball and doll. Everyone knows their place and is in their places, obedient to the Dad, loving to the Mom. Notes 2 ? Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course Chats Groups When the word "family" is invoked, as it all too often is nowadays, this imaginary half-century gone domestic group is usually what is envisioned. There are no cohabiting couples, single parents, single people, elders, or people without kids. The only "true" family in the eyes of the blathering pols is this imaginary young nuclear family. No one else need apply. If you live in a rented apartment, you are a loser. If you live in the sticks, you're a hick. And don't even mention the fact that you live in a manufactured home, unless you want to be branded "trailer trash". Urban? Must be a ghetto dweller, then. No, only middle-class, Euro-descended suburbanites count. Everyone else is a mob, or worse, invisible. Announcements Q General discussion One-on-One . Hashtags #grades #hard What has happened to the American Dream? Why do so many people still invoke it, and worse, attempt to pursue it? Trackless rubber-stamp suburbs sprawl upon once-arable land. Instead of being little paradises, suburbs are proving to be a breeding ground for sociopaths of the sort that people still believe only live in urban cores. The houses and cars are growing like fertilized weeds and covering arable land like crabgrass to accommodate the growing girth of their inhabitants. The middle class is vanishing, leaving home ownership to only the richest people. Families today are all sorts of combinations of people. The "Brady Bunch," once considered a unique enough combination to rate a TV series of its own is now more the norm than the exception. The fifties-era family of wage-earner Dad, stay-at-home Mom, and Dick and Jane is rare, even within groups that encourage its original style— like fundamentalist Christians and orthodox Jews. #lecture #logistics #question Show more A w The contrast between the media-deluded "dream" and the open-eyed reality of America today is astonishing. There are no heavy people on TV, but if you look around, they are everywhere. Houses are huge on TV, not in real life. There are no gum-spotted sidewalks or weedy verges on the television. If you believed the ads on television, you'd own at least a dozen cars. And I have never seen places like what they show on TV, that are pristine and empty, instead they are overrun with crowds trying to "get away from it W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg ^ Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - 6 * | Feedback for Ess x | Feedback for Ess ? | S SOLUTION: Essay x | The_American_D * P The_American_D. X P American_Dream x + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/the_american_dream_does_not_ex?assignmentld=vr5JMJTJmSy3kp83x&part=1 ? Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > The_American_Dream_Does_Not... Page 2 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X Q My scores Notifications The contrast between the media-deluded "dream" and the open-eyed reality of America today is astonishing. There are no heavy people on TV, but if you look around, they are everywhere. Houses are huge on TV – not in real life. There are no gum-spotted sidewalks or weedy verges on the television. If you believed the ads on television, you'd own at least a dozen cars. And I have never seen places like what they show on TV, that are pristine and empty, instead they are overrun with crowds trying to "get away from it all" in RVs complete with satellite dishes. And to quote that Eighties song: "the sun always shines on TV." Notes 2 ? Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course Selling the American Dream Chats Groups Announcements Q General discussion It is difficult to resolve the difference between the media world and the real world. The difference is often jarring, especially when going to a place which tries to imitate what is shoveled out of the tube. The deliberate sleekness and marketing savvy of stores nowadays guarantees you that your shopping experience will be full of noise, flash, and every device imaginable to get you to part with your money. Malls today are carefully designed to disorient the shopper and temporarily "trap" them within their walls. This is true of grocery stores, too, where companies buy shelf space and carefully place items where certain categories of people will look. Parents get trapped into buying the heavily sugared cereal placed at the precise eye level of their young consumer target. Noise is prevalent, omnipresent, and deliberate. Entertainment stores and places that sell music and movies probably have stock in hearing aid companies, since they play the awful music they peddle at such high volumes. And even restaurants, the last bastion of civility, run at earsplitting volume. And if you are lucky enough to find a quiet, intimate place to eat, someone is sure to bring in a child who is not old enough to appreciate the food or the atmosphere and make its displeasure loudly known. One-on-One ? ? Hashtags #grades #hard #lecture #logistics #question Show more The American Dream is a delusion, an illusion meant to keep people dissatisfied and hungering to spend more money, in the hopes that the next purchase will be the one that buys them the happiness they are promised. What no one told our framers is that happiness isn't a commodity. It is something that is internal, easily found, and free of charge. Happiness and the reality of the American Dream are found in abandoning the false dream, and creating one of your own. Understanding that all the trappings of Western culture are props in a badly acted movie, and that you can throw their script away and make one of your own is a liberating experience. It is possible to have a wonderfully rich and fulfilling life without designer clothes, a wedding register, minivan, suburban house, or even a TV. In fact, turning the TV off is the first step in reclaiming your own dream. A w It is a daring thing, even a little scary, creating your own reality. But it can be done, and is ultimately more satisfying than the fill-in- the blank blandness that our culture dictates to us. Americans were truly originals once. Now we are a whining bunch of overfed adolescents, wanting all the toys and none of the responsibility. It's time to grow up, and create a new dream. Go on, I dare you to. Books W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg ^ Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - 6 * | Feedback for Ess x | Feedback for Ess ? | S SOLUTION: Essay x | The_American_D X P The_American_D X P American_Dream ~ | + + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_20218p-college-literacy/the_american_dream_does_not_ex?assignmentld=vr5JMjTJmSy3kp83x&part=1 Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > The_American_Dream_Does_Not.. Page 2 A All comments ? Help Krupali Navadiya LTC_099_500_... X Books 0 My scores Notifications o Notes 2 11 O Add to my calendar C) Unenroll from course O O Chats O O Groups #Announcements a o General discussion o William A.V. Clark Immigrants and the American Dream: Remaking the Middle Class. New York: Guilford, 2003. Jim Cullen The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. o Jason Deparle American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare. New York: Penguin, 2005. Barbara Ehrenreich Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream. New York: Metropolitan, 2005. Barbara Ehrenreich Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. New York: Owl, 2002. o Alan Elliot A Daily Dose of the American Dream: Stories of Success, Triumph, and Inspiration. Nashville: Rutledge Hill, 1998. Dolores Hayden Redesigning the American Dream: Gender, Housing, and Family Life. New York: Norton, 2002. Bob Herbert Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream. New York: Times Books, 2005. Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick The American Dream and the Public Schools. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Cal Jillson Pursuing the American Dream: Opportunity and Exclusion over Four Centuries. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. o Anatol Lieven America Right or wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. o Michelle Miller-Adams Owning Up: Poverty, Assets, and the American Dream. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2002. Mark Nepo, ed. Deepening the American Dream: Reflections on the Inner Life and Spirit of Democracy. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 2005. Kyeyoung Park The Korean American Dream: Immigrants and Small Business in New York City. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997. o David K. Shipler The Working Poor: Invisible in America. New York: Vintage, 2005. o Paul Stiles Is the American Dream Killing You? How "the Market" Rules Our Lives. New York: Collins, 2005. o Studs Terkel American Dreams: Lost and Found. New York: New Press, 1999. o Helen Zia Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. One-on-One O Hashtags #grades #hard O #lecture #logistics #question Show more a w Periodicals o o Chris Bachelder, Julia Klien, and Jim Rossi "The Jungle at 100," Mother Jones, January/February 2006. Stephanie Clifford "Cracks in the Melting Pot," Inc., December 2005. o Manohla Dargis "Stranded on the Flip Side of the American Dream," New York Times, December 21, 2005. o Barbara Ehrenreich "A Storm of Greed," Progressive, J anuary 2006. o Linda Feldmann "The Fractious Politics of Immigration," Christian Science Monitor, December 1, 2005. • Jason Fleming and Janelle Fleming "Can Young 'Dream-Seekers' Avoid Being Strapped by Debt?" Christian Science Monitor, W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg Show All ? Google Docs ? Prewriting #4 - 6 * | Feedback for Ess x | Feedback for Ess ? | S SOLUTION: Essay x | The_American_D * P The_American_D. X P American_Dream x + → C https://app.perusall.com/courses/ltc_099_500_2021sp-college-literacy/the_american_dream_does_not_ex?assignmentld=vr5JMJTJmSy3kp83x&part=1 ? Update : Apps M Gmail YouTube Maps News Translate r Paraphrasing Tool... Reading List A Krupali Navadiya Q Notes 2 o ? Perusall® > LTC_099_500_2021SP College Literacy > The_American_Dream_Does_Not.. Page 2 All comments ? Help o Helen Zia Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. LTC_099_500_... X My scores Periodicals Notifications o Chris Bachelder, Julia Klien, and Jim Rossi "The Jungle at 100,"Mother Jones, January/February 2006. Stephanie Clifford "Cracks in the Melting Pot," Inc., December 2005. Add to my calendar o Manohla Dargis "Stranded on the Flip Side of the American Dream," New York Times, December 21, 2005. C) Unenroll from course o Barbara Ehrenreich "A Storm of Greed," Progressive, January 2006. Linda Feldmann "The Fractious Politics of Immigration," Christian Science Monitor, December 1, 2005. o Jason Fleming and Janelle Fleming "Can Young 'Dream-Seekers' Avoid Being Strapped by Debt?" Christian Science Monitor, Chats January 23, 2006. Groups Marilyn Gardner "Her American Dream," Christian Science Monitor, March 7, 2005. Marilyn Gardner "Why Can't Money and Women Get Along?" Christian Science Monitor, January 31, 2006. Announcements Jeffrey Goldberg "The Believer," New Yorker, February 13, 2006. General discussion Brian Gupte "I'm a Poster Girl for the American Dream," New York Sun, January 4, 2006. One-on-One o Bob Herbert "The Mobility Myth," New York Times, June 6, 2005. o o o a O o Hashtags #grades #hard o 2 #lecture #logistics #question Show more o M O Marcy Kaptur "Saving Small Farmers," Nation, February 6, 2006. o Bruce Katz "Extending the American Dream," Boston Globe, April 13, 1999. Ellen Florian Kratz and Jia Lynn Yang "Fear of Falling," Fortune, December 26, 2005. o Paul Krugman "The Death of Horatio Alger," Nation, January 5, 2004. o Christina McCarroll "Suburbia 101," Christian Science Monitor, January 11, 2006. Jim McDermott "American Dreams," America, February 13, 2006. James Nuechterlein "American Dreamer," Commentary, January 2006. Joe Saltzman "No Media Protection Here," USA Today magazine, January 2006. Hilary Shenfeld et al. "Red, White & Proud," Newsweek, July 4, 2005. o Anne Shlay "Low-Income Homeownership: American Dream or Delusion?" Urban Studies, March 2006. o llan Stavans "How Elite Universities Fail Latino Students," Chronicle of Higher Education, January 20, 2006. o Bob Thompson "No Help Wanted: Author Exposes How the American Dream Turned into a Middle-Class Nightmare," o O O W= Essay 4.docx 196abae39c748....jpeg lonely-japanese....jpeg Show All ? Feedback for Essay 4 prewriting Submission Feedback Overall Feedback Krupali, You have a good start here, but the assignment asked you to complete at least five "rounds" of looping and you only have three here. I have underlined ideas that I think you could easily organize into your essay draft. However, you will need to identify textual evidence to support the ideas. You may also need to think more about the "whys" or "hows" for the information. For example, why is it the racial diversity that makes our country great? How does hard work bring success? Does it always lead to success? These answers will help you develop your body paragraphs more. Score 6 / 10 - 60 % Feedback Date Apr 29, 2021 1:37 PM