asked, in class, what we thought the definition of the American Dream was, and whether or not it’s still alive today. Everyone had an idea of what the phrase meant, but no one could clearly define it, nor could anyone firmly state its present-day existence. It’s a small sample size, but the feeling was that the concept of the American dream exists, but that it more resembles a dream than reality. That is what I would argue, that the American Dream is a but a fleeting memory of what once made this country…
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