How To Achieve The American Dream

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The American Dream is defined as a equal playing field on which all American can reach their highest goals or achievements, this definition remains true, all Americans have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. America provides opportunities through free public education, opportunities to pursue individual goals to secure all Americans are treated equally. Free public education is supplied by America to gave American an opportunity. In the speech, "Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention" by Barack Obama it qoutes, "This year, in this election, we are called to reaffirm our values and our commitments, to hold them against a hard reality and see how we are measuring up, to the legacy of our forebearers, and the promise of future generations. more to do for the young woman in East St. Louis, and thousands more like her, who have the grades, have the drive, have the will, but doesn’t have the money to go to college." Obama is indicating that they will reform Americans values so they can accomplish their …show more content…

In the speech, “ America and I” by Anzia Yezierska it recites, “My first job was as a servant in an Americanized family. Once, long ago, they came from the same village from where I came… Americans of tomorrow, the America that is every day nearer coming to be, will be too wise, too open-hearted, too friendly-handed, to let the least latecomer at their gates knock in vain with his gifts unwanted. Since their life was shut out from such as me, I began to open up my life and the lives of my people to them. And life draws life. In only writing about the Ghetto I found America.” This quotes are saying when she first came to America she got a job as a servant but she realized that was it was more to America than just that. So she started going to school and fulfilled her dream as a writer. America provided the opportunity for her so she could live her

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