American Dream Project by Amanda Nasser

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The famous American Dream is the ideal life of becoming anybody you want to become and living the typical and ideal American lifestyle. The words American Dream have changed meanings through the 19th and 20th centuries. Its original meaning was frontier life. Then it developed into the California Dream of success with finding gold. It eventually turned into an equality Dream when Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from a Birmingham." Through our all these meanings, it was always centered around the perfect lifestyle and freedom to become anybody. I do believe the American Dream is still viable today, because everybody still has their own hopes of becoming any thing they want to be. We still have dreams of living our ideal lives out. Even today people are dreaming of living out their own American Dreams. My American Dream is to go to UCLA and get my MD in pediatrics. I also dream of falling in love and having children of my own. When I interviewed my mother and father about their American Dreams, they described it as hopeful and exciting. They wanted the same things in life that I want, but they have their own interpretations. They both wanted to get an education, have their own careers, get married, and have children. At the end of the day, they have been living out their happy, successful, and fulfilled American Dream.

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My American Dream
Amanda Nasser

Creating desired dreams and goals

We start our American Dreams with a set of dreams and goals we want to accomplish. We realize what we want in life, and we go for it. This has always been the same starting all the way back to the 19th and 20th centuries when the American Dream was to strike gold. People always had a motive in mind when trying to accomplish their American Dreams. When I asked my parents what obstacles were in the way of their dreams, they said discouragement and taking the wrong path were big distractions from reaching their goals. For example, my mom faced the struggle of having a baby and getting married before she could finish collage. This was something she had to overcome, and she did. She finish collage and managed a family at the same time.

Being anything/anyone you want

The American Dream has constantly revolved around the idea that we can be anything we want to when we are in America. The possibilities are endless. The opportunity to be anyone is always open. This relates back to the 20th century when people fought to be equal. They wanted the equal chance to be anyone and they fought and won their rights. When I asked my mother if she believed she accomplished her American Dream, she said yes because she did everything she wanted. She became the person she knew she wanted to be and lived her dreams.
This relates to the original American Dream because in both interpretations being the person you dreamed of, is always possible. Even today we believe if you can dream it, you can do it. With the right amount of will and effort, you can be anyone you want.

Determination and encouragement

A big aspect of conquering the American Dream requires tons of determination and encouragement from yourself and others. When I asked my mother what helped her reach her American Dream, she said her family, determination, and hope that got her through the obstacles and on the right path. Determination and encouragement, in the original American Dream, plays the biggest factor in whether or not you accomplish your dreams and that has not changed even today.

Getting a good education

Getting a decent education is ideal to the American Dream. It sets the tone for the rest of your career. A big part of my own American Dream is going to UCLA and getting good grades, since I want to be a doctor. It is vital to accomplish getting a good education for my American Dream,since I want to be a doctor. My parents did not have best education, but they overcame that obstacle and still accomplished their American Dreams.

Starting your dreams and career

Starting off your career is important to how your American Dream will end up. When I asked my mom about how she started her career, she said she started small, by working at a bank. She eventually made her way up and accomplished her career as a property manager. In my own American Dream, I would like to start off my career by volunteering at hospitals and doing charity. Eventually I want to work my way up the ladder and go to medicine school to land as a pediatrician.

Having adventures and travels

Having travels experiences is important to reaching your goals in life. By seeing the world and having new experiences, we can find ways to reach our goals to reach our American Dreams. When I asked my mom one thing she wishes she had done, she said she wished she had saw the world more and done more things in her life. She still reached her American Dream, but never stopped to enjoy the scenery. I know that I want to travel while I have the opportunity.

Being an independent person

The typical American Dream consist of a point of time in your life when you are by yourself, making your own money with your own job. When you start to develop your lifestyle as an independent person. In my American Dream, I definitely want to be an independent person and carve out my own journey for a better outcome. When my mother was starting collage, she was an independent woman, figuring out who she was supposed to be. This influenced how she succeeded in accomplishing her American Dream.

Having a stable life/lifestyle

Having a stable and balanced life is the next step in accomplishing your American Dream because once you have balance, you are ready to add more. In my American Dream, I know I want to have a stable house, school, friends, family, and career. My mother was about to conjure her American Dream because, she had a stable life and was able to take the next steps in her American Dream.

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Fall in love/get married

It is a big cliche in the American Dream to fall madly in life and get married. In my american dream, I definitely want to fall in love with someone, and get married. When my mother met my father, it was an instant connection. They were madly in love, but my grandfather did not approve of my father. My mother and father fought for their love and convinced my grandfather to let her marry my father marry my mother. She overcame that obstacle and continued to accomplish her dream.

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Settling to start a family

Having the perfect American family is a big part of living the American Dream. Ever since the original American Dream to today, having the prefect family had been the pretty picture of it all. People have always craved that kind of perfect family. My mother started her family young, and still says her children are the best things that have ever happened to her. Her children had brought her closer to her American Dream. In my American Dream, I really want to have a big family after I have a career and stable life. Having a family has always been a factor in the American Dream, and always will.

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Going through parenthood and adulthood

After you start your family, you enter parenthood and adulthood. The American Dream has always showed that as a stereotypical soccer mom that cheers on her children since the original definition. When my mother entered parenthood, she was always there for us since day one for everything. This helped her accomplish her American Dream. In my American Dream, I want to be like my mother, who was always there and cheering me on.

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Watching your children grow up

Watching your child grow and learn has been the best part of parenthood for centuries. You get to watch your children grow to be successful, in hopes that they make it big. My mother has always pushed me to get good grades, and that has helped me get closer to my American Dreams. In my American Dream, I want to watch my children grow and learn to be something successful, like my parents did for me

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Growing old with your spouse

Finally, the most rewarding part of your American Dream. Finishing up your days alongside your spouse. This had been an original American Dream since the beginning. You look back on your life and see everything you have accomplished. My mother hopes to grow old with my father, so they may look back on their successful, fulfilled, and happy American Dreams

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