AmericanDream


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__Periods, Movements, Styles__** • **Definition** The American Dream can be seen as the want for freedom in every aspect the human mind can think of. The American Dream implies financial security, material goods, fame, exceeding ethnic or social boundaries or simply living a fulfilling life.

The American Dream came from James Truslow Adams in his book “The Epics of America” which was published in 1931. The Dream plays a major role on immigration to America due to people looking at America as the greatest country for opportunity, entrepreneurship and a freedom of spirit that most desire. The promise of the American Dream lured immigrants in around the 18th century. They came from countries such as Italy, Poland, Greece, Ireland, and Russia.
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Cisneros, Sandra. //The House on Mango.// Fitzgerald, F. Scott. //The Great Gatsby.// Hawthorne, Nathaniel. //The Scarlet Letter.// Thoreau, Henry David. //Walden.// Walker, Mildred. //The Color Purple.// Shakespeare, William. //Macbeth.// Frost, Robert. //The Gift Outright// White, E. B. //The Essays of E. B. White.//
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The most important theme of the American Dream was pure freedom.
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Once people realized how much work it really was just to obtain the American Dream, they began to lose hope. Eventually, people forgot about it, but the idea of it is still living today.
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