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pptxBackground
Myth of American Dream
Hard work ≠ Success
Result …
Luck / Adaptability
Luck
Insight leads to success
Family
Disintegration
Willy’s adultery
Relationship-oriented
Materialism
Conclusion
1. The American Dream is a national ethos of the United State in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success.
2. by James Truslow Adams in 1931,
“Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.
The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal“ (wikipedia)
Background
Puritans were not accused of their religion
an opportunity to start a new life.
America also needed many immigrants as laborers
when they carried out Westward Movement.
