Karina Martinez-final exam

The American Dream: Reality or Illusion? What an interesting question to ask. The American dream has a variety of definitions and whether it's reality or just an inspiring illusion, its a subject thats highly debated. Some think this famous dream is a reality because of their experiences. Others are determined it's just an illusion because they havn't achieved a single thing. So what is the American dream?

A lot of us believe that the American dream is to be rich. Not love rich or rich with happiness, but to be overflowing with green, rectangular pieces of paper; money. We all, who believe in the dream of Americans, assume that it's getting an education to make money, a lot of money, to buy about five cars and maybe four houses. Then get more money just to have it. To be able to tell others about how much money you have. But, maybe not all of us "Americans" think this way.

In my senior english class, our teacher had us read "The Great Gatspy". This book was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He wrote about a man, Jay Gatspy, who was very poor when he was a boy but became very wealthy once he was older. It seemed as though the world loved Gatspy... or his money I should say. But all the man ever cared about was winning the love of a woman, a woman named Daisy. She never married him when they were younger because he was poor and she was rich. Gatspy's fans were happy to know him and to be able to drink expensive drinks at his expensive parties that he never even attended, but Gatspy was never satisfied. In the end he died at a young age and unhappy for the love of his life never came to him. Which goes to show that happiness can never be bought. Money doesn't mean anything when to comes to love.

In conclusion, I would have to say that i do believe on the American dream and I'm always looking foward to it. I believe that our dream as Americans is to be happy, whether this is having money like no other, living on the beach with the trees and the animals, or just having a loving family. We all dream to be loved and to live with a smile on our faces. GOD BLESS AMERICA.