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The American Dream - Online Term Paper

The American Dream

What is the "American Dream"? Well, I used to think it was working hard so you could get a large house, be the boss, and not work to death. Although after reading different views of the American Dream I think I have a better understanding of it than most Americans have. I think the American dream, after studying early American philosophers, has been redefined.
The first thing that I believe that is a part of the "American Dream" is our moral code. I believe that the morals in this country have kinda slipped the past centuries, this is shown when Benjamin Franklin talks up with his moral code of ethics. He states that for him: "Temperance - eat no to dullness; drink not to elevation. " ...

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is said that if you do what you love, rather then something you hate, just for the money, you end up becoming richer, as a person, from what you gain. This applies to me as a human soul and or money.
The way you feel when you wake up should be one of excitement, ready to see what the day will bring and how you can make it a better place, even if its just a little change. Riches won't make you a happy person you are the one that makes the choices to keep you happy. In today's "American Dream" I think this gets lost and it just becomes a routine to get up go to work, get paid, and make it through to the next day.
A standard has been set for the "American Dream.” Before the civil rights movement there was no way that the blacks could reach that dream of knowing they would be safe and never have to worry even if they had money. How were they supposed to truly live care free when not only people, but the government as a whole was against equality for all. When Martin Luther King ...

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Added: 5/8/2011 08:07:32 PM
Submitted By: bananasyaya
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 932
Pages: 4

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