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A 3 page creative essay that analyzes and offers commentary on the state of the American Dream. The writer first defines the American Dream and then discusses how its obtainment has become harder in recent decades. However, the writer concludes with an overall evaluation of the Dream as positive as it offers people hope. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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However, it has always included becoming a solid member of the middle class and able to feel that one has some financial security. Obtainment of the American Dream has been
the lure tantalizing generation after generation of immigrants, inspiring young people raised on the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder to apply themselves to educational goals and work hard. The
ethos behind the American Dream has always been that "hard work and perseverance could, indeed, lead to a stable, happy, and comfortable existence" (Bakopoulos 26). The lure of the
Dream continues to inspire immigrants and native-born Americans alike. Its promise is what motivates people to continue to struggle up the socioeconomic ladder; however, the context of the American Dream
has changed notably in recent decades. At one time, there were social safety nets and good-paying factory jobs that could be filled by unskilled labor. Workers devoted their lives, and
often sacrificed their health, to a factory job in return for the security offered by a living wage, a pension and secure health benefits. Today, this situation is virtually a
relic of the past. The switch to overseas manufacturing has caused the disappearance of any great demand for unskilled labor. As these jobs have shifted to overseas countries where
people are happy to work for practically nothing, low-skill labor is relegated to the food and service industries, which offer minimum wage. Simultaneously low-income housing has virtually disappeared, health costs
have escalated and employers have consistently reduced benefits. The consequence is that it becomes harder and harder to struggle up the socioeconomic ladder to the middle class and also harder
to stay there for those who accomplish this task. There are many middle-class, white-collar, college-educated employees who have found themselves victims of corporate cutbacks just as they are reaching
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