The American Dream In Of Mice And Men
What is the American Dream? According to James Truslow 's book, The Epic of America (ironically written in the 1930s), the American Dream is “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” (Truslow). In the 20th century, we have significantly warped that dream to suit a more selfish type of person. Citizens base the American Dream on something much more different then what it originally meant. Today, many Americans believe to achieve the American Dream means to be rich and famous or have a successful business. People get caught up in this "American Dream", that they forget the true meaning set by our Founding Fathers. Abraham Lincoln stated, "You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.", agreeing with Mr. Truslow. Despite this, society became so distorted when discrimination played a role. Obviously, the Founding Father 's didn 't take the future 's problems into consideration when making the ideal dream for Americans. They were unaware of the hardships the discriminated would face, which made it hard to make the American dream more than just a dream. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows the death of the American Dream and why it was unattainable by many.
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Americans felt hopeless, saddened, and depressed. After the Wall Street crashed, the economy became complete chaos and a great downfall after a already being in a steep hole, in result of the World War II. Close to 10 percent of the population were unemployed. The country soon became filled with jobless citizens, wanderers, and migrant workers. Owning a house was becoming something that was very rarely heard of. During this time, we see how humans struggled