Everyone in their childhood dreams of things that we will ever achieve in the future, are the fiery dreams of what anyone can have, we have had the inexhaustible enthusiasm that came from our heart, the pursuit of that dream was the hope we lived, we were just happy about what we could become, how we could reconstruct what we had, how to become worthy of our parents, our family, we would be the pride of everyone when they realized those dreams, with the infallible intuition of the road, but we did not know the risk and the opposite verses in the way of dreams, how we thought about thinking about something bad, so we grew up but when time spent dreaming to childhood, things become more complicated and we start to bear responsibility. American, …show more content…
He has always told me that you will learn many things that will affect my future, but it will also be time for me to fall and after I become stronger and fight to realize my dreams. "Only one thing makes the dream unrealizable, fear of failure" (p 141)
When I read the story of Santiago in the Alchemist, I remember exactly what my grandfather said about how we fall and get up in this life. We are human that we do not think about the dangers of falling, but we want to reach our dreams and in my case follow the same legend as my grandfather. Do what the heart says, She knows everything, because she is born of the soul of the world, and there she will return one
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The USA was the dream place for me, and the land of opportunity not only because it was a beautiful place but also I was thinking of starting my career in this competitive country. I had dreamed of the US since I was young, those big city-center towers, people walking in the big streets and in the streets filled with cars. Now, after almost one and a half years living in America, I still remember the day I left my country. It was very difficult to leave my family, even though I said goodbye to all the best friends. Finding new friends was not easy for me, because people here are not friendly, but in my culture we usually do not make new friends with ease. Here I have learned how to not fight yourself to become a new friend and to be yourself as a symbol that everyone wants to be. One day before I left the city, I tried to gather the necessary things as important documents, clothes and stuff with me. It was a long journey and the first in my life alone, but I was very excited and curious to visit the new
Whether or not the country seems a growing place of competition, the dream may be changing shape once again. The American Dream may be coined the source of Dreamers, but unless if one confronts the natural occurrences in the world, that ambition may be impractical. Jim Cullen, the author of the American Dream, defines its origins in order to discern the difference between the modern and historical origins. He introduces James Truslow Adams’ definition from The Epic of America, “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man” (7). When the founding fathers built America, the pioneers embarked a new desolated realm where their version of the dream had begun.
Everyone has a different American Dream. Some want freedom, some want a family, some want fame, but all American Dreams are influenced by something going on in the world. Social influences are what most influence people’s perspective on the American Dream. Although American dreams are also very well influenced by politics, society has a very well ground on changing people's perspectives. The American Dream is shown being influenced by social when big figures talk about their American dreams being influenced by people, opportunities, and finally when First, when big figures, such as the president, talk about their American dreams they talk about other people and how America helped him shape and achieve his/her American dream.
Paradox and dream Americans have developed the idea of an American Dream over decades of time, we have came to believe and trust in these ideas throughout the years. From generation to generation the American Dream has been built on, changed but still carries some of the past along with it. Our beliefs help us pursue the American Dream in that they give Americans the idea of never settling for less, to fancy ourselves as stubborn realist, and that we have inherited self-sufficiency. According to John Steinbeck, Americans are never satisfied, always searching for the next come up and wanting more.
As a teenager moving to a new country with a different culture, different language, and being thousands of miles away from everyone I grew up with was not an easy change, however, that was precisely what I did in January of 2013 when I came to the United States with my father. My whole world changed since, and shaped my way of thinking. From learning English, adjusting to a new culture, experiencing my first snow and finding my way in my new country, my life has been an exciting adventure. My parents brought me to America almost 5 years ago to have a better life, and to get a better education.
The American experience is not unfamiliar to me, I have been visiting America since I was a child and as a child I always wanted to move to America. My first visit here I fell in love with the culture specifically the freedom of expression. However the opportunity did not emerge for me to move to America legitimately and as promising young child, I did not want to damage my future by moving to a country illegally where I could not live to my full potential. I stayed in Jamaica and I completed my University education as a registered nurse and had become comfortable with my life in Jamaica. I started working the spring of 2013 and upon receival of my first paycheck, I was reminded that this is not the place I wanted to be.
This stems from the hard work that Americans dedicate to turn their American dream into an American reality. “The home dream is only one of the deepest American illusions which, since they can’t be changed, function as cohesive principals to bind the nation together and make it different from all other nations. It occurs to me that all dreams, waking and sleeping, are powerful and prominent memories of something real, of something that really happened”. The American dream has always been a powerful idea throughout American history. This notion has been backed by this country’s core values since its conception.
The American Dream is an idea often discussed, but never explained. An idea at once both paramount to the American social identity, and as varied as the people in it. How is one to examine an idea that has never been put into simple words? One approach to understanding the American Dream is to look at how it has grown over time. The Dream, despite its ambiguity, has been discussed numerous times by many important and influential people.
Many people wouldn’t be where they are today if it wasn’t for the struggles they went through when they were younger. There are struggles and downfalls that come with the process of the American dream but, in the end its worth it. Politics and everything on the news leads more and more people to not believe in their dream, and despite that it is
The American Dream is still developing and transforming in a way. Even so, such as in the Ronald Reagan speech, it states “Once you began a great movement, there’s no telling where you’ll end. We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed the world”. This quote suggests that there have been various changes and challenges within a person’s life or dream. In fact, an evolution has been rediscovered, we are to emerge or drive ourselves to continue to cause tremendous change.
In the book the Alchemist (by Paulo Coelho) Santiago learns many things along the way to achieving his personal legend. He gained skills and experience in things across the board, from how to clean crystals, to the 5 obligations of Muslims, to the basics of alchemy. Santiago learns from the wise, and educated, but also learns the meaning of a true friendship. Overall it is true that reaching one 's personal legend is life 's greatest treasure, but often the journey is just as valuable.
There are various factors that make the dream not able to be obtained. However, there are factors that are very vital to the impossibilities of conquering this dream that’s described as being able to get achieved by anyone who puts in hard work. The American Dream is set only for certain people in a common sense because it
This is illuminated when the Alchemist says, “‘There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure’” (141). This particular moment shows that even though Santiago has both the ability and the knowledge to achieve his dream, it is impossible to attain it if he fears even attempting to reach it. Consequently, this fear acts as his enemy and a barrier that stands in the way of the meaningful and happy life he is destined to accomplish. Furthermore, another one of his fears is the fear of losing what he believes he has already earned. ” He reminded himself that he had been a shepherd and that he could be a shepherd again.
In the story the alchemist it is discovered that there are many different things in life to look forward to. There is also something in the story that is a moral or your life´s destiny called your personal legend. Your personal legend is one of those things in life that some people look up to in the future. Santiago travels the world to pursue his personal legend. Santiago strived to find his personal legend with the help of people he met on the way to find treasure that he is destined to find , just to realize the treasure was where he had fallen asleep in the beginning of the book.
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt The American Dream enshrined precisely this- the belief and faith in one’s dream that led to the fulfillment of that very dream. For some, the Dream meant the promise of social mobility while for some others it meant freedom of the physical self and of the spirit. Rooted fundamentally in the American Declaration of Independence, the American Dream originally upheld the ideals of “Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness”.
In regards to the American Dream in America, US citizens hold their dreams near and dear to their hearts, but neglect to advocate for the dreams of their fellow Americans. In an excerpt from writer James Truslow Adams, he articulates his thoughts on the American dream, he states: 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. It is a difficult dream for the European upper class to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it.