You're not entirely sure what the American Dream is. amirite?

Isn't it to own a car?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think so. People have been taking about the AMerican Dream even before cars became popular.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then I think it's to own a house. One of those things. Haha you were right nobody knows for sure

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@1320001 (fangirl12): It's mainly to own a house, but it also signifies happiness and freedom. We had to read Of Mice And Men for English and we had to analyze that haha.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

A car in every driveway, a chicken in every pot, a large home, a nice family, and cocaine?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Constant happiness and the illusion that everything is perfect, there's enough of everything for everyone, and there's nobody left around to point out otherwise.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Isn't it what that #fatass wrestler used to call himself

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, I always thought that it was to build yourself up from nothing to rich and successful...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I always tought it was to get rich from scratch & own your own car and your own house

by Anonymous 12 years ago

the american dream is something only foreigns believe in, haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Its to make it big! Live in luxury! Freedom andthe pursuit of happiness! Its the land of opportunity! Its basically to get rich though

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

sleep, eat, and have sex....and to be free with your own home yadda yadda yadda.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yep. Had to read Death of a Salesman and The Great Gatsby. The American Dream is the pursuit of success and happiness.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I read The Great Gatsby and I still didn't get what the American Dream was supposed to be. Didn't help that I didn't care about the book and our teacher emphasized literary elements, not ever explaining what the American Dream was.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

*SPOILERS* Well, I didn't exactly 'read' The Great Gatsby, but I got %100 on the test at the end of the term. But Jay Gatsby was infatuated with the American Dream. He was born in a lower class society as Jay Gatz, but he dreamt of being upperclass and created his 'Jay Gatsby' persona. He did some mildly illegal bond-selling and made a fortune. Except his American Dream was missing a love-interest, aka Daisy Buchanan. Daisy was unattainable though, so Gatsby's American Dream failed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

but he didn't actually care about the money, he just did that stuff to impress Daisy. The money and possessions were just extra, he didn't really care about them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But the only reason he was attracted to daisy was because she embodied the American dream. Rich, beautiful, happy, and especially rich. He claimed it was love but if you analyze it enough, he was really just in love with what daisy symbolized.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The corner house with a white picket fence, 2.5 kids, creating your own success, happiness, money, and a "perfect" life. In a nut-shell ;)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Has something to do with owning a car I think...

by Anonymous 12 years ago