I am doing this as a way to find out what people consider the American Dream is. Thank for your time if you do answer.
2007-03-19 09:32:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I have actually done some research on foreign interpretations of the American Dream. I think the main idea is that America allows its citizens such freedom that they can essentially create success out of nothing. In the past, the American Dream has been the dream of owning land, making something of oneself, and providing for one's family. A French philosopher, Bernard-Henri Levy wrote a book called "American Vertigo," in which he concluded that contrary to popular thought, the idea of an American Dream still actually exists in America (not all of us have given over to the wrath of materialism).
2007-03-19 09:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by skichamonix515 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Explain The American Dream
2016-12-18 06:36:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American Dream is a dangerous illusion that we all need to wake up from. The American Dream consists of imagining that obtaining material wealth such as a house will lead to happiness in life. I own a house and it turns out that I am less happier than when I lived in an apartment. Right now I have to work harder in a job I don't like, I have to do upkeep on my house, and I can no long move about freely because I would have to sell my house first. This kind of desperate American consumerism must be rejected as quickly as possible. Happiness is based on living within your means and developing relationships with people you love and respect. Materical wealth beyond what you need will never bring true happiness.
2007-03-19 09:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hands Down- Dashboard Confessional
2016-03-18 05:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Home ownership (and I mean ownership, not a perpetual mortgage!), two cars in the garage, one loving spouse, two or three children, dinner on the table every day (no starvation!).
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I can't afford any of that, but I can afford a Ninja 500 motorcycle, so guess what I'm going to do?
2007-03-19 09:44:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"I want a mansion on the hill with a room full of thousand dollar bills", Eddie Money, and "A two car garage and we're still building on, baby it's time we get back to the basics of life", Not sure I think Waylon Jennings and the Boys.
2007-03-19 09:38:13 · answer #6 · answered by LuckyChucky 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you move into a new home that you have worked over 10 years to acquire and realize that this is mine and one day I will leave it to my children.
2007-03-19 09:42:10 · answer #7 · answered by kelleyann_p 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋