Q.What is American dream?
Ans: James Truslow Adams coined the term "American Dream" in 1931.American dream is the ideal of a democratic, equal and free country. The original “American Dream” was not a dream of individual wealth; it was a dream of equality, justice and democracy for the nation.Sometimes we see it as something we want to-and believe we can-achieve.
The American Dream
"The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that."- Marco Rubio The American Dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. The American Dream is achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by Ehance. The term was coined by writer and historian James Truslow Adams in his best-selling 1931 book "Epic of America." He described it as "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and Tuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement."
The idea of the American Dream has much deeper roots. Its tenets can be found in the American Declaration of Independence. In a society based on these principles, an individual can live life to its fullest as he or she defines it. America also grew mostly as a nation of immigrants who created a nation where becoming an American and passing that citizenship to your children-didn't require being the child of an American. Achieving the American Dream requires political and economic freedom, as well as rules of law and private property rights. Without them, individuals cannot make the choices that will permit them to attain success, nor can they have confidence that their achievements will not be taken away from them through arbitrary force. The American Dream promises freedom and equality. It offers the freedom to make both the large and small decisions that affect one's life; the freedom to aspire to bigger and better things and the possibility of achieving them; the freedom to accumulate wealth; the opportunity to lead a dignified life; and the freedom to live in accordance with one's values, even if those values are not widely held or accepted.
However, the spread of settlers into Native American lands, slavery, the limitation of the vot (originally) to white male landowners, and a long list of other injustices and challenges have undermined the realization of the Dream for many who lived in the United States. As income inequality has increased substantially since the 1970s, the American Dream has begun to seem less attainable for those who aren't already affluent or born into affluence. According to U.S. Census family income data, real family income began to grow much more among the top income group than among other segments of American society. For example, the Federal Reserve's 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances shows that the top 10% of the income distribution earned roughly a quarter of all income and held more than three-quarters of all wealth. These realities, however, do not diminish the lustre of the American Dream as an ideal and a beacon to all nations.
The concept of the American Dream has been used in popular discourse, and scholars have traced its use in American literature ranging from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. Other writers who used the American Dream theme include Hunter S. Thompson, Edward Albee, John Steinbeck, and Langston Hughes among others. The American Dream is also discussed in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman as the play's protagonist, Willy, is on a quest for the American Dream. Since the 1920s, numerous authors, such as Sinclair Lewis in his novel Babbitt, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his classic, The Great Gatsby, satirized or ridiculed materialism in the chase for the American dream.
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