The American Dream
It was born with the first words of the Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by God, Creator, with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." These words have been lifted to colossal proportions and have founded the American Dream. This dream began with, "all men are created equal." These words do not discriminate. It does not say "some men," it says "all men." It doesn't say "all white men," it says "all men." Then this dream goes on to say another thing that distinguishes our nation and our form of government from any other in the world. It says that all men have certain basic human rights that cannot be compromised. They are rights that every man has and that no other man can take away.Since the founding fathers of our nation dreamed this dream, America has been divided. America has proudly professed the great principles of democracy to the world but it has sadly practiced the very opposite of those principles for centuries. The American Dream continues despite this because of America's ability to change. Never in the history of the world have so many racial groups and so m
Gary did not have enough money to lend to his friend and his sister. When Dick reached the boy he released that they were in the middle of the river. But I must disagree with this statement. Dalton believes we live in a society where minorities do not have the same opportunities as the majority. But somehow Dalton sees this as harmful to society and strives to convince the reader Dick's selflessness encourages racism. Dalton ignores the one message of honesty, selflessness, and hard work by making general, mostly politically correct statements about Ragged Dick and applying them against American culture. any national backgrounds assembled together in one nation. Dick and Gary are both minorities and have to fight against the discrimination that they face everyday. Dalton says that Alger's myth encourages people who are being discriminated against to ignore that they are being discriminated.
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