Everyday students work vigorously to secure academic success. They frequently set goals
for themselves and strive to reach them. The American dream is like a grade which a
student works hard to receive. It is a goal that one sets for himself. The dream, just like
the grade, may not always be easy to achieve, but through hard work and determination
anyone can live out their dreams. As people travel across the Atlantic from Europe, they
look out and see the Statue of Liberty holding her radiating torch of freedom. The new
immigrants are about to step foot in America, home of the free and land of opportunity.
Many people who come to America, or who are born Americans, have a dream of what
life will be like in this wonderful country. Envisioning that dream is like painting a
beautiful picture - freedom, prosperity and success all contribute to people's vision of
being a happy American. By viewing the American dream, of St. Jean De Crevecoeur,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Iola Leroy, and the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
and Resolutions one is able to see how different each one of us is, and how many dreams
are really out there. St. Jean De Crevecoeur wrote about the American dream as a
positive experience. De Crevecoeur came to America from Europe around 1754.
America to him was a fresh sheet of paper on which one could start a new painting of
"the good life." In America, one has rights. Americans can originate from anywhere and
still be called an American. De Crevecoeur holds this fact to be of the utmost
importance. Not only are Europeans, for example allowed to come to America, but they
are also welcomed with open arms. They can live a life here that they only dreamed of
before. They are now free to follow their own self-interest, and work for themselves.
People traveled to America to find riches and success, and De Crevecoeur believed that
self-interest was the key in r...