American Dream

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Dream only if you aspire to achieve. If you analyze this statement, you will realize that dreaming will never get you anywhere, but acting upon those dreams will push you into a category above others. You and I, like many people, dream of having a fabulous job, a luxurious home, and chic automobiles. These are some of the most basic aspirations we work towards, according to the general assumption of the American Dream. Now ladies and gentlemen?let?s ask ourselves one thing; what are dreams really made of? In today?s upbeat and fast paced society, take sometime to ask yourself...is that big house and the nice car and that reputable job enough to give my life fulfillment, peace, and happiness? Let me tell you, we are missing the big picture of what the ?American Dream? really should be. In America today, nuclear families are very difficult to come across. In America today the divorce rate is higher than any known sovereign country. In America today alcoholism destroys homes and confirms stereotypes of adolescents and their use of alcohol. Now tell me this, is this the Portrait of an American Dream? Is this portrait, a true reality of what lies behind the ?White Picket Fence?? Let us take some time to re-evaluate and redefine the true American dream as it should be, and what the American Dream means to a second generation American like myself.
Picture this if you will, you are driving to a friend?s house in a posh neighborhood, where every house is one million dollars or more, there is an expensive luxury car in each driveway, the properties expand to a whopping six thousand square feet, and to perfect this picture, there is a white picket fence surrounding these estates. Now this may sound like a pretty alluring setting to the average American, where signs of success are pouring all over this affluent community like a monsoon rainfall. But before you let your imagination wander off too far, let?s add a few twists and turns to this accomp...