The American Nightmare Research Paper

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The Founding Fathers created a country where people could break free from class restrictions and pursue the life they chose. Their ideal American Dream was to maintain this country, and the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Later in 1931, James Truslow Adams described the American Dream as ”that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement”. Although the American Dream over time has altered itself, its core values have stayed the same. However, even though America is in a constant state of pursuing this dream, that does not mean it has landed itself in a nightmare. America has experienced both the dream and the nightmare, as they are intertwined. Our Country’s cycle of dreams turning to nightmares, and back to dreams again is in an infinite loop, and can be found in any point in the nation’s history. Perhaps the most interesting cycle is in the transitional period from the roaring twenties to the great depression/dust bowl. The dream vastly changed over the course of …show more content…
Every American is constantly pushing themselves to reach the American Dream. However, although we are dreamers, we are also survivors from the American Nightmare. No one can just be a dreamer, for to be a dreamer, you have to be able to survive the nightmare. This is shown in both American literature, (as seen in Gatsby’s death), and American history, (Dust Bowl/Stock market crash). However, even though the nation was in a compromising position during the Great Depression/Dust Bowl, Americans core instinct to pursue happiness pushed through, and conquered the nightmare, through its participation in WW2. Through the events of 1920-1939, the cycle of dreams to nightmares had completed itself once again in our nation's history. The cycle repeats itself, never yielding, and can be applied to any point in American

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