Describing American Dreams in Terms of Myths and Politics

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Who wouldn't want to pursue the American Dream? I, you, everyone, and anybody would want it. “The American ideal has turned into a nightmare.” This research paper examines the notion of the “American dream” in terms of myth and politics, success and failure, illusion and disillusionment, using examples from numerous works from the twentieth century. The American dream is described as an equal chance for all people to do anything that would improve and enrich their lives. It's a common occurrence in American literature. The American dream appears to fail in one's life, as in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the helpless and feeble Willy Loman from Arthur Miller's The Death of a Salesman, on the basis of 'psychomachia,' on the other hand, the determination and enthusiasm of the old man from Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea.

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