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California Dream
Tyler Sacks Sacks1
Lukomski
2/18/2012
English 110 A Dream or a Nightmare? It seems to be the best place in the world to some people. The drive for success and opportunity to strike it rich seems to be the main reason. In California, if you put your time and one hundred percent effort into what you want to be you could be successful in any field of study. The amount of individuals who have the same dreams and aspirations of wanting to come to California and make the “California Dream” possible decreases the opportunities available. Everyday individuals in our society strive to become successful and obtain a relaxing, fun life. Living in California and becoming successful could come easily with no hard work. But, the majority have to start out achieving an education and having self motivation to start their own successful career. But depending on your geographical location, each person has their own opinion or insight on what California is and what the California dream is really made up of. You could live in the bright, glistening, beautiful California your whole life and never have a culture shock to what other life is. If every day you're living on this beautiful oasis of California, you'll never get to realize how amazing it truly is, or even how amazing it truly isn't. The different perceptions of what people assume California really is, is what makes it so special. With the enormous amount of curiosity of what the California dream could become, comes the variety of different religions, cuisine variety, cultural diversity, and different dreams and aspirations people depict California as.

Born and raised in the wealthy, secluded area, Anaheim Hills, my California perspective of the California dream is completely different than individuals living on the East coast or in another country. All my life I have lived in Southern California and have never been anywhere else for more then a Sacks2 month at a time. For myself I always had a

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