Dear Brain
Hey thank for writing me back and i tollay agree with what you was saying about what your dad said about if you donm't shoot you will ever score becuase that is nothing but the truth. The things we are doing in class now is the Great Gatsby and about how to achieve the american dream.
In my class now we are reading the Great Gatsby book. The book is somewhat ok to read because it is keeping my attent on it because i'm trying to find out how Jay Gatsby got all that money and come from a middle class family who had no money really but now he is rich i can't wait to find out what he is doing to get all that money. But the book is ok for now because if we take any longer i'm going to read head to find out what he do.
My definition on the american dream is that to get it you have to put alot of work into get the american dream. How i plan on achieve the american dream is to work hard and try to do extra work to achieve my dream and to become a rich man. That is what all american i believe want is to be rich and have money so they wouldn't have to really need for something.
The american dream to me is no myth because all people want to be sucessful in life but the truth is that by themnot working hard they are not going to get that dream no matter waht happen. This is my opinion on the american dream and it is no myth to me.
Do you believe that the american dream is a myth and did you want to achieve the american dream or are you still trying to achieve the american dream?
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
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Hey Delmichael,
I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying the Great Gatsby. I also think it's great that you're on to what makes people successful - seeing how other successful people got to where they are. You can learn a lot from other people, and I hope that you're able to find a way to replicate the success of Jay Gatsby and others.
I enjoyed reading your opinion on "The American Dream". I agree with you that everyone wants to be successful, and that it's an American tradition to work hard in the hope that you'll one day not have to worry about money.
I have a couple questions for you to think about, that I've always thought about in regard to the American Dream:
1) Is there such thing as "the" American dream, or are there multiple variations of it? I worry that if people only see one dream, they'll be too worried about getting rich, and overlook some other great dreams (family, enjoying free time, etc.)
2) Is the dream exclusively American? One way in which our world will be different from our parents', I think, is that we'll be competing with people from all over the world, which means we may have to work harder and smarter in order to enjoy the lifestyle we want to.
3) Does the American Dream require being rich? I'd say that it doesn't, and I can give you an example. I park my Dodge Neon right next to my boss' Lamborghini every day. We work all morning, and some days he buys lunch for both of us, but other days I eat a PowerBar and a yogurt while he goes out to a fancy restaurant. But even though he's rich and I'm not, I think we'd both tell you that our favorite part of the day comes when we're arguing about sports, or taking a break to watch a funny video clip online.
My point, I guess, is that no matter how rich you are, you still have to find simple ways to be happy. The other component, however, is that neither my boss nor I are worried about money, so in a way we've both achieved some kind of American Dream where we have good jobs and can worry more about how to enjoy life than about how to pay rent and afford dinner.
Whatever your American Dreams are, though, I would strongly encourage you to work hard to try to achieve them. When I was growing up, some of my dreams were to win a championship with the Pistons, play football for Michigan, and live in California. I haven't achieved those dreams exactly as I dreamed them, but I was working for the Pistons when they won in 2004 (not as a player, but still...) and I ran out of the tunnel with the team at Michigan Stadium when I worked for the team (again, not as a player, but it was the best I could do). Now I live in California (and while it was below zero in Michigan this weekend, I was at the beach getting sunburned). Dreams do come true when you work hard at them, Delmichael, and from what I've read and from what Mr. Hughes has told me, you definitely have the potential to achieve your dreams.
I hope school is going well for you, and everything else. I look forward to hearing back from you.
Brian
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