American Dream

1920’s

Why does this era represent success or failure of the American dream?

A. Our definition of the American dream

For me the definition of American Dream is the success of a person in this America, to have the opportunity to be someone in this society be successful.

B. Look for other definitions

"The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success."(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream)

"A unitary definition does not exist–the American dream probably has a different meaning to every US citizen. For some it is the dream of freedom and equality, for others it is the dream of a fulfilled life or even the dream of fame and wealth.

In general, the American dream can be defined as being the opportunity and freedom for all citizens to achieve their goals and become rich and famous if only they work hard enough."(http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/american-dream)

C. Answer the question-multimedia

According to the definitions, we can say that the american dream during 1920's have been in some ways a completely successful because as we know during this time the industrialization   was given, which means that the cities during that time where the places of opportunity for the people who worked in rural spaces, although this industrialization was given in many places but the difference with America is that this country is more powerful and developed than other which means that it has countries with more opportunities to success during their life's and achieve goals they propose. But it is important to take into account that during this period there was an economic phenomenon that appear bad for all the world that is the great depression, this means that we can't say that America was full of opportunities, they were also having troubles with their economics and this can be reflected in the "few" poor people this country has. I take the american dream as successful of this time, because they advance in many things and create important concepts during this time.