The American Dream Reinvented

Within the latest recession, the American Dream, although ever altering with each generation, has changed in the aspect of this dream dissipating with the hardship that comes. The dream in many aspects is something that is attainable with little work, and if there aren't too many obstacles in the way of this dream, many people keep on striving to achieve it. However, with the recent events at hand with the recession, many don't see an easy path to finding this success and instead find the American Dream as absent or almost impossible to obtain. In this, the American Dream hasn't been reinvented with the events at hand because most people are unwilling to adopt to it or change their ideals. Instead, the dream is something placed on the side and deemed as lost, something that is no longer attainable in the sense that most people want to attain it.

 

However, in relativity, as conditions rise due to surrounding circumstances, many people even if the dream is more difficult to achieve than in previous generations, will look to the dream as being achievable because of its achievability earlier on. In this aspect, all it will take for people to start believing in the dream again and to return to the promise of it will be for economic hardships to disappear and situations to better. At this time, the dream has been abandoned by many because naivety and facilitated happiness and success are what characterize the dream which isn't present at this moment. As time goes on, however, and achieving success and economic happiness become easier, the dream will be possible by many and looked positively on. For now, though, the dream remains in a negative light for its false happiness and hope.