Rethinking the American Dream

Like the old generation suffered during the Great Depression, dreamed of a better life and more human rights to pursuit happiness, our current generation has the same hope of that. As we are facing crisis economies which lead to high rate of lay-off, losing of property like housing, having a pessimistic about the future. Some people worry about our dream will be over, which make them loose their confident.

            The basic concept of “American Dream” named in James Truslow Adams’ book, “the Epic of America,” during the Great Depression is to express the American simple hope for “better life, wealthier, and more freedom to pursuit happiness for their generation and their children.” However, during times this word has been used in many situations with the purpose of making it sound greater. But in fact, it is just the way to help people feel optimistic about the future, to stimulate people to overcome the bad situation.