The American Dream is something that every American aspires to achieve, as it is called a "dream." The dream we so aspire to be is defined as: "of political and religious freedom, equal access to education, equal opportunity in the workplace, and ultimately, success and wealth" as stated in "The Blair Reader" (391). Also in "The Blair Reader," are a few essays that pertain to, and discuss the American Dream. Of these essays are: "Bharti Mukherjee's "American Dreamer," Lars Eighner's "On Dumpster Diving," Thomas Jefferson's "Declaration Of Independence," and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream." Each of these stories incorporates the American Dream in one of the four ways mentioned above, which are political and religious freedom, equal access to education, equal opportunity in the workplace, and success and wealth. In Bharti Mukherjee's "American Dreamer," Mukherjee incorporates the American Dream when she strives for political and religious freedom by marrying a Canadian man after she came to study in America, whereas her native land of Bengal is very strict on marrying within the religion and being restricted to certain limitations of freedom. In Lars Eighner's "On Dumpster Diving," Eighner incorporates the American Dream in his essay by discussing how he scavenges from people that are actually living the American Dream, in the sense of success and wealth, and how he just eats and lives off of what they throw out and disregard. Thomas Jefferson's "The Declaration Of Independence,"
             Jefferson states America's need for political and religious freedom by discussing why America needs to dissolve all ties with Great Britain. In Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," King stresses on two aspects of the dream, which are equal access to education, and equal opportunity in the workplace.
             In Mukherjee's "American Dreamer," the author discusses briefly the differences between traditional Hindu families and American families. The A...