(UFPR - 2019 - 1ª FASE)
How the American Dream has changed
The phrase ‘American Dream’ was officially coined just under 90 years ago in a book called The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams. He argued it was “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.”
Today: No single American Dream?
For some today the American Dream means a chance for fame and celebrity, while for others it means succeeding through the old adage of family values and hard work. Still others believe that the American Dream just represents a world closed to all but the elite with their wealth and contacts […]. Meanwhile, surveys have found that almost half of all millennials believe the American Dream is dead. In an ever-changing country, the idea of what the American Dream means to different people is changing too.
(Disponível em: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/what-the-american-dream-looked-like-the-decade-you-were-born/ss-AABbxjy)
One meaning described in the paragraph related to the American Dream today is that:
for the 1990’s generation the American Dream never dies.
hard work is close to the idea of wealth.
no matter how many family values people have, the American Dream is not for them.
the world is benevolent for those who enjoy high social and economic status
a general truth is that the American Dream comes with fame and celebrity.