American prosperity was built on the backs of middle class families, with one or both parents working in manufacturing and living their American dream. ... However the lives of the families of the workers that lost their jobs to offshoring have changed irreversibly. ... While offshoring stimulates the economies in developing countries, it is robbing middle class families in America of their American dream. ... This leaves very little hope for the American dream when offshoring is rewarded by federal tax laws, while the middle class standards decline. ... This leaves people who still have job...

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" Immigrants from the 1700s to modern day have all held one thing dear to their hearts that connect them and explain the reasons for why they come to America, and it is called the American Dream. ... You have no sense Margaret. ... I screamed. ... This quote shows the suffering Rose felt when she thought about the loss of her sister, and it shows that her American Dream of having a better life completed with her family was in risk of never being achieved. Family was a big part of the American Dream in the past and in the present because many immigrants did not have friends in America an...

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It is my dream to help a future generation, my children, to make their dreams come true. ... I have learned that in education and success, you should realize what you have accomplished. But never be afraid to have dreams and work towards them. Your dreams are what keep you going when everything around looks unhopeful. ... This is exactly the path that I will follow to reach my dreams of a superior education. ...

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Being brought up in a traditional environment; I have very conservative views on the concept of a family. ... I have never had to experience the fact of knowing I can not do something because of "tradition." ... At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. ... Being brought up in a traditional environment; I have very conservative views on the concept of a family. ... I have never had to experience the fact of knowing I can not do something because of "tradition." ...

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Furthermore, this country's famous "American Dream'' will continue to diminish. ... Most people, including those out of college, have a dream to be successful and living the American dream. Recently, that dream has been slowly disappearing due to media constantly telling the people that the economy is down, no one is getting jobs, our government is corrupt, and thousands of college students have a large amount of debt. ... America once was a country where foreigners would come and dream to have financial freedom and conquer the American dream, but now that dream is slowly dimini...

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First I asked him about his dream job, a mix between academics and personal, and something I was honestly interested in. ... I was surprised to find out he had not his dream job remained unchanged. ... I predicted that would have been something he would have changed about his university experience but I asked just to be sure. ... I learned my dad and I have a lot in common. ... My family says we look alike, think alike, act alike, and now I discover we have had similar hopes and dreams. ...

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"I believe in America. ... And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom, but - I taught her never to dishonour her family. ... I said to my wife, for justice, we must go to Don Corleone'."" ... Shadoian agreed with this idea, in his book, Dreams and Dead Ends he stated that the gangster is an urban figure whose "drive for success embodies the contradictions of the American Dream- (1977 cited in Neale 2000). ...

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Count Ferdinand-Marie de Lesseps was this man, and he had idea's and dreams as large as those of Bartholdi's. The Count dreamed of an enormous canal that would go from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, an idea that was laughed at by most. ... Before he landed however, he had already found a great spot for the construction of his dream. ... America seemed to enjoy and entertain the idea, but no one was willing to put up the money or site to make the dream a reality. ... I had no idea the French government ga...

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"I Have A Dream" is a famous speech that approached every desire and ideal he sought for through the civil rights movement. ... This abandonment of the Negro people has shown that the Constitution and Declaration of Independence have now been proven faulty and dishonest. ... King's central idea of the "I Have A Dream" speech is not to gain sympathy and pity from fellow citizens through references to the past, but to solely seek equal treatment that the Negroes of America have so desperately needed. ... When all of the desires and needs are met, the man who asks, "When will you be satis...

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Although I rarely saw her, the most enduring memories that I have of her is when she put me on her lap and sang a song in a language I barely understood, but that made me dream of magical and adventurous places. ... I have not even seen pictures of him, ever in my life. ... I remember from childhood as my father always told me that men have to be strong, tough, never mourn, and less in front of a woman. ... So I came to the United States, with dreams and ambitions, but also feeling incomplete, feeling that somehow I had let my father down. ... His son, the one who long time ago left home to do...

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Economic mobility is an unrealistic dream for an average American because there are too many financial obstacles that bridge the vast gap between the rich and the poor. ... Personally, when I was searching for colleges the number one thing I cared about was affordability. I knew that with multiple siblings my parents could only help me so much, and that the financial aspect of college was something I would have to deal with. ... Adam Levin, a contributor to the Huffington Post, wrote a really interesting article about a change in what people consider the American Dream. Based on a variety of s...

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I was in culture shock when I first arrived to America. ... I tried my best to be like them. ... I tried to familiarize to this custom. ... He gave me a strange look and at that moment I realized that I was being improper. ... We all have the same dream, which is to lead successful lives. ...

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Equality can have many different meanings. ... They have the media on their side. ... It is a nice dream, but I believe will never be reality. ... I like the idea of having groups of different people, with equal power determining how the nation be run, but there needs to be control. I think the only way to come close to having an utopian society, is if someone comes up with a way where we can balance both freedom and control fairly, distribute it equally, and get the working class to believe it will work. ...

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Surrealism: The emphasis was on the unconscious, with artists often drawing on images seen in dreams or while in dream-like states. ... Modernism at this point seemed to have no subject matter in regards to artistic form. ... It was I now, he started pointing out what I saw. ... Location of work San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Name of Artist David Park Date of Artists Life 1911 - 1960 Title of Work Torso Medium Oil on Canvas I didn't have any problems figuring this one out. ... I actually touched this painting ( even though I was supposed to =) ). ...

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Rodriguez states, "I am in favor of assimilation. I am not in favor of assimilation. I recognize assimilation" (91). ... The DREAM [sic] Act plays a role in aiding immigrants as well. ... The DREAM Act provides immigrants the chance to receive an education, which every person should have. ...

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The crash woke us up to a reality most hadn't even dreamed about. ... I didn't know what had happened and remembered thinking to myself, "wow, that guy must have lost his job." ... I believe that in history this event will have as much significance or less than that of Pearl Harbor, the fact being we are not in a world war and history is not based on emotion its based on fact. ... Its more than these people have ever seen. ... But around me I believe my friends and family have realized and started to re-evaluate their priorities because what they once held dear isn't now what a...

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By making the statement "it was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warn't ever sorry for it afterwards, neither" (Twain 55), Huck realizes that Jim-although an African American, runaway slave, and criminal-is a person, too. ... Huck's father shows this attitude when he says "they said he could vote when he was at homeThinks I, what is the country a-coming towhen they told me there was a State in this country where they'd let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I'll never vote agin" (...

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My whole life I have known I was different. ... I tell my story to anyone who will hear, hoping someone would believe me or say that they have experienced the same things. My name is Cynthia and I have been involved with aliens since I was 5 years old, here's my story. ... I sat frozen in my seat hoping I was just napping and this was a dream because it was no way this could be real. ... I knew only my father would have this. ...

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Times have changed since affirmative action was put into place. ... This leads to the reasons why minorities have such a high dropout rate in college and a reason why minorities have very slowly been able to advance to higher levels in the workplace. ... Worst of all it works against the American dream of the hardest worker will receive the most success . ... In response to these arguments I would say a large flaw in affirmative action is how it uses reverse-discrimination to try and make up for discrimination. ... America now needs to focus on class inequality to make sure that future Americ...

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I have no problem up to now. ... Blacks have also been shown to have higher crime rates than whites. ... Any crime committed by a white, is like a dream come true for the media. ... I doubt if this had been a black cop, punching a white criminal this would have received any media coverage or condemnation from blacks. ... I wonder why? ...

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King had a dream that little black boys and girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and girls. His dream came true. ... I don't know. ... I have friends that act this way. ... A better world, but a worse world is what I see. ...

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The track "Push it Along- begins in a dream-like music sequence. ... It is obvious through Q-tips words that the Tribe believes that African males have been put in their place, degraded by society. ... ed in the beginning, a theme that arises throughout the piece is the enormous amount of pride in being " what I am, that's a tribal man."" ... Simon and Garfunkel sing,"œ I am a rock, I am an island- from The Paul Simon Songbook. ... These trends set on the first album may have saved the group had they stuck to them. ...

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Through out my life I have seen and been through many things that show what true courage is and what it can lead to. ... In the short story America and I the author Anzia Yezierska can be quoted as saying "If murders had robbed me and killed me it wouldn't have hurt me so much." ... First you must become efficient in earning a living before you can indulge in your poetic dreams." ... Over the past semester in American Literature I have learned a number of things that stick out in my head, but the word courage and its affect on the country I live in sticks out the most. Through the rea...

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It was her mother's dream to go to learn in United States. ... "Each morning I take my time getting dressed, something I never paid much attention to before. I have become self-conscious, not in a pretty/ugly way, just aware of myself and my body. I notice everything, and not just in me. ... Sharif is like my brother and is making me see my country in a way I never have- (Halaby 134). ...

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Personal Position on Student Vouchers I believe in the public education system. ... I do not believe in making the rich richer and the poor poorer, and unfortunately, I feel that is what student vouchers will eventually do. America was founded on the American Dream. ... Secondly, I don't want others educating my children in religion studies. ... What if I am protestant and the only private school was Catholic? ...

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