Argumentative Essay: The American Dream

The American Dream can be categorized as exactly what it is advertised as - a dream. Something so far-fetched and complex, and yet equally as destructive. You can bask at those who followed their dreams and wonder, ‘why aren’t I there yet?’ You’ll become so invested in this dream - this clouded, barb-wired vision of fulfillment - that you’ll forget what the goal was in the first place.
What is the actual appeal? Why is the American Dream so heavily sought after and why is it thought of as obtainable for each and every single person? What is the image you see in your dreams and most of all, why is it even there? To find happiness, to find sanity, and to find control; idealized, and chased after. Meanwhile, we forget that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. These ideals of ‘wanting to be happy’ and ‘wanting to be successful’ are

That everyone wants the colorful flower-covered stone walkways, protected by the white picket fence, and the fresh green grass blanketing the front lawn? That everyone wants the big brightly-colored brick house with windows and a front door and a backyard and a child’s bike leaning against the sturdy walls?
The American Dream is a solid promise displayed inside a lie made of dirtied glass that nobody bothers to clean. Slowly, it becomes so weathered and shattered that the promise is gone and so is your hope. Or at least, that is what people are supposed to visualize. It’s almost as though once the promise of the achieved American Dream is gone, there’s no hope left for you.
The American Dream is the sky. Unlimited, undiscovered, and unobtained. We soar through it, with our planes and rocket ships and jets, but we will always come back down to the ground at the end of our flight. The sky, however, remains in tact, remains observable, and remains high above our heads, while we are on