Please copy and paste quotes, photos, or even short (under 5 minutes) film clips that you think exemplify the American Dream. Explain your source and include a link to it.
After everyone is done, then comment on two other examples, comparing and contrasting them with your own.
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ReplyDeletehttp://kingofgng.com/media/20081123_barack_obama_comic_01.gif
ReplyDeletethis shows that anybody today can be anything they want no matter what their skin colour is.
http://keokierra.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/check-out-of-american-dream1.jpg
ReplyDeletecartoon of a family that lost the american dream. it shows what they originally had.
The American Dream is to become rich and in this comic it shows two people wishing to achieve "The American Dream" starting by keeping or getting a job.
ReplyDeletehttp://fredericksburg.com/blogs/photos/cjones01.09.09
-Stanley
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ReplyDelete"It also makes me wonder: how would i have reacted to meeting Martin Luther King?"
ReplyDeleteThis source showed various of American dreams, how the dreams developed and such. The dreams of meeting famous people, being rich, independent...
http://books.google.com.tw/books?id=yM96DK4ELZkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+american+dream&source=bl&ots=mxVDTqeteu&sig=T1XDNf0Dm5MDDK8AodHdJm-1A88&hl=zh-TW&ei=gaHGS46FIc2IkAX4i9TNCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12&ved=0CDMQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q&f=false
"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him."
ReplyDelete- Abraham Lincoln
"America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses."
- Woodrow Wilson
These quotes explain the american dream because he wants people to have the ooportunity to choose what they want and to lead happy lifes.
quotes from: http://www.americandreamquotes.org/quotesPage.php?quotes=American_Dream_Quotes"eNumber=0
Connie
"I embrace carrying the torch for African-Americans. Really the tough part has been done. There's people who really suffered through this process that really don't even know anything about football, just so I'd have an opportunity to be where I am right now. And really for me, it's just to be successful and just show people that African-Americans or minorities in general, if you have the skill set and you're given the opportunity, you can get the job done," said Reese.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story?id=09000d5d8066db74&template=with-video&confirm=true
As long as people work hard, they can achieve their ambitions/dreams.
Jasmine
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-The American dream is owning a house.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dq_dmbXFMWw/SdFRQR-nSOI/AAAAAAAAAJk/aovREvH2XLM/s400/American+Dream.jpg
Quote:
-“Success is somebody else's failure. Success is the American Dream we can keep dreaming because most people in most places, including thirty million of ourselves, live wide awake in the terrible reality of poverty.”
The American dream is a something that most people dream about, because they are in reality.
Film Clip:
-America today is far from reaching the American Dream, because the country is heavily in debt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCxJRrHyGdg
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/shr0848l.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis shows the American Dream because they want to become rich and famous
Source from cartoonstock
Robert jin
http://www.decimation.com/markw/images/farside-hopeful-parents.gif
ReplyDeletethis cartoon illustrates the American Dream; with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.
Viki Chen
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ReplyDeleteStanley:
Stanleys comic and mine are kind of similar, they are both about getting a job and being what they want to be. I like your comic because it is very interesting
Sandra:
In her comic, the people have given up on the american dream which is different from mine since mine is accepting and wishing for a greater future with the American Dream. I like your comic because it shows the bad side of the american dream
The American dream to me means that you have the ability to determine where you're going. You have the ability to formulate your dream, and you have the ability to put in motion all the building blocks that will help you to achieve it. And I am so grateful that I was born in America because I've had the opportunity to travel throughout the world, and I must say sometimes it's exciting to go to Paris, or go to Egypt or to go anywhere else, China. But, there's no place like home, and there's no place that really affords you the same types of opportunities that we have. And it's just a matter of how hard we want to work, and I would go so far as to say, in America, you can take somebody who is very successful, who has the right mind set, and you can take everything away from him and put him on the street and make him be a bum, and they'll be right back up there in a couple of years because all it requires is the right mind set and the willingness to work. And, people who realize that are already halfway there, to realizing their American dream.
ReplyDelete-Benjamin Carson
This is talking about the American Dream and what it does to people.
-Nick
Daisy Huang, your example of the American Dream is about racial equality and having every race having equal opportunities; however, my example shows the American Dream for people as a whole and what everyone wants to achieve.
ReplyDeleteStanley
Video clip:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjdaVnbr5a0
this talks about the children's american dream.
Quote:
America means opportunity, freedom, power.
- Emerson
This explains what the people are aiming for the American Dream.
Robert Jin, your example is very similar to mine; like mine you show what people want to achieve which is becoming wealthy and living a happy life.
ReplyDeleteStanley
Stanley: I think your example is really interesting and is very similar to mine in that both are trying to get money and become famous
ReplyDeleteSandra: I really like your example and it kind of shows how their american dream is of wealth and money.
-Robert
viki: i liked your comic, as it shows hope for people who do things that not many others do.
ReplyDeleteAndrew
ReplyDeletean example of the american dream
"My life is making movies and I like storytelling. My dream is that I get to do it."
George Lucas-the creater of star wars
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/steps/amd?target=car0-015
Stanley:
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon is really interesting. It shows how people want to succeed in life, but it is difficult to achieve. This cartoon illustrates that part of the American Dream is to have good job opportunities.
Amy and Sandra
“Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: / we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
ReplyDelete~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
This quote shows that King wants everyone to be equal and have the freedom to pursuit happiness. Everyone should have the right to choose what they want for themselves and to achieve their goals.
- Carol
Jasmine: I like your picture for the property one. It shows how all Americans' want to have property as the American Dream. The picture itself can be seen as a very happy environment.
ReplyDeleteSandra: Your cartoon is very tragic and interesting. But at the same time it tells us that the American Dream can be changed by a lot of things like taxes.