What does the "American Dream" include?

The American dream in a broad sense includes equality, freedom and democracy. The narrow American dream includes: hard work, courage, creativity and determination to prosper.

American Dream (English: American Dream) originated from the British colonial period in North America and developed in19th century. It is a belief that through unremitting efforts, a better life can be achieved in America. Many European immigrants went to the United States with the ideals of the American dream.

Unlike most other countries, the United States has quite a lot of economic freedom and the role played by the government is quite limited, which makes the social mobility in the United States extremely high, and anyone can reach the peak through their own efforts.

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The concept of American dream is often used in informal conversations, so scholars trace back to the application of American dream in American literature, from Franklin's autobiography to Mark Twain's Adventures of the urchin (1884), Willa Cather's My antonia, and Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's Biography of the Tycoon (65434).

Other writers with the theme of American Dream include hunter stockton thompson, Edward Albert, john steinbeck, langston hughes and Janina Blaskey. Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman also mentions the American dream, and Willie, the hero of the story, is also pursuing the American dream. As Cai (1994) said, the American dream also appeared in other literary works, such as Asian American novels.

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