The expression ‘American Dream’ is also often used as another word for a successful and rich life. Many people all around the world today reduce the American Dream to the cliché ‘from rags to riches’ even though this is only one aspect of it. The economic and political success in the early American history, for example the extremely dynamic development of the American economy in the first century of its existence, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution contributed to this belief in a superior society. This dream might have been influenced by the elucidation and the French Revolution which are both leading into the same direction. The reasons for the development of this American myth are probably the belief in an America that must be (become) a better place because it is blessed by God and the already mentioned comprehensible volition to create a society that is juster for everyone. The opportunities should comply with the abilities and achievements and not with the fixed circumstances of birth and position. They dreamt of a land where everyone, no matter what his origins were, could be successful and reach what he wanted to reach due to his own effort and qualities. In the ‘New World’ America they desired to find a land where life should be better, fuller and richer for every man.
They tried to make a new start, left their past behind and were looking to a better future - an American habit that is still significant today. 1)Īnd so many settlers wanted to flee from these injustices because they were fed up with the old, antiquated system. In Europe the biggest part of the life of every person was determined by the social and financial status of his parents and the still existing class barriers could not be overcome. At that time many settlers left Europe because of the monarchy, which was still suppressing the middle classes. The American Dream developed in the time of the West Movement and was influenced by the living conditions of the frontier and its pioneer spirit. To become whatever his manhood and his visions can combine to make him To every man his right to live, to work, to be himself and To every man, regardless of his birth, his shining opportunity
The American Dream 1.1 The development of the ‘original’ American Dream The American Dream in ‘Death of a Salesman’Ĥ. 1.1 The development of the ‘original’ American Dreamģ.
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