The American Dream has not changed much since the beginning of the nation. It began as the act of striving for success, but I have noticed that a lot of people have messed with it over time and made it entirely materialistic. In my opinion, the American dream is that a person can come here and be free to make their own choices and lives their lives as they see best. If a person works hard enough, they can become successful. It is a pretty great thing to strive for. Being successful is very rewarding and fulfilling.
Throughout the years, people have converted the American dream from general success to owning a house, having a nice car, and other material things of that nature. Those things are just products of the freedom we enjoy here in America. It is not possible to truly own a house in Communist countries, and in other corrupted places mobility is almost impossible. In America, people have the freedom to make their own choices and do what they want with their lives, but unfortunately that is not how it works for everyone.
If I had to sum up the American dream in one word, it would be freedom. Maybe this is just me, but I could travel to all ends of the earth trying to find the most freedom I could, and as far as I know America is still the freest country on earth. If you do not have freedom to live your life the way you want, then what is the point of living it at all? It seems to me that if everyone else makes decisions for you, then it is not really your life, but the live someone else is making for you. That is why the American dream is so important. Without freedom, life loses meaning and value, at least for me it does. Being free, having a choice; that's what the American Dream is all about.
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