When asked how they define the American Dream, most people
will say, “Success.”
The dream of individual opportunity has been at home in America 【M1】_________
when Europeans discovered a “new world” in the Western Hemisphere. 【M2】_________
Early immigrants like Hector St. John de Crevecoeur spoke highly the 【M3】_________
freedom and opportunity to be found in this new land. His glowing
descriptions of a classless society where anyone could attain success
through honesty and hard work has fired the imaginations of many 【M4】_________
European readers. In Letters from an American Farmer (1782) he
wrote, “We are all excited at the spirit of an industry which is
unfettered and restrained, because each person works for himself… We 【M5】_________
have no princes, for which we toil, starve, and bleed: we are the most 【M6】_________
perfect society now existing in the world.” The promise of a land where
“the awards of a man’s industry follow with equal steps the progress of 【M7】_________
his labor” drew poor immigrants from Europe and fueled national
expansion into the western territories.
Our national mythology is full of illustrations of the American
success story. There’s Benjamin Franklin, the very model of the
self-educated, self-made man, who rose from modest origins to
become a well-known scientist, philosopher, and statesman. The
notion of success haunts us: we spent millions every year reading about 【M8】_________
rich and famous, learning how to “make a fortune in real estate with no 【M9】_________
money down”, and “dressing for success”. The myth of success has even
invaded our personal relationships: today it’s important to be 【M10】________
“successful” in marriage or parenthood as it is to come out on top in
business.
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