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...multiple contexts, the paradigmatic example is the 19th century American author, Horatio Alger, and his famous rags-to-riches stories. The popularity of this theme is exemplified by Alger’s success and continues to be the driving force in the concept of the American Dream...
Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, the stories of the dead and downtrodden aren’t given the same voice as the success stories that society loves to lionize. The most recent example of this behavior has developed in the current debate on immigration, where arguments regarding the American Dream crop up incessantly...
...told my parents I planned to be among them, they seemed a little surprised and politely asked me why. When I told the Quincy House business tutors, they did the same, and then handed me a ten page essay critiquing consulting as the Harvard student’s default dream job. When I went to OCS’s orientation session, they too reminded us that there are lots of other jobs out there, that eRecruiting companies represent only a small percentage of industries...
...Harvard. Astonishingly, some of us came here with ambitions beyond becoming deeply intellectual masters of the liberal arts. A few of us even like the idea of competitive, prestigious, high-paying jobs. Yes, the process is insane—but what can you really expect from students whose dream job involves working 70 to 100 hours a week in a cubicle in New York...
...Batman is an everyday man, just like you and me. He has no special powers—he is a self-made man, the American dream. He may have been born into privilege, but the early death of his parents was a trial that truly tested his fortitude. Some individuals with less personal strength would have been shattered by the blow. But rather than crumble under the misery, he pulled himself up by his bootstraps and made something constructive out of his despair. Now, that’s what I call rugged individualism...