When America went through an economic crisis, the American Dream shifted a bit and the new Dream “meant freedom from starvation” (Harrop). Many had this as a new goal and wanted to survive the crisis. This helped many get through those hard times, since there were many who were in poverty. Slowly as time kept progressing, the economy would recover and so it wasn’t as hard to survive anymore, thus the Dream would change again. The new Dream after the crisis was for the next generation “to live a better life” (Grosz) than the current generation. Anyone in the current generation wouldn’t want the same crisis to happen again, so they would do what they can to help out the next generation and prevent this issue from occurring. From this point, technology would be improving and so many things get easier and more complex. The American Dream was bound to change, and in the 2000’s many believed it was “more about personal fulfillment” (Grosz). Those in America “believe their nation is the land of opportunity and well more than half say they are