Quote:
"The American Dream sounds like apple pie and motherhood. Everyone is for it."
Response:
In this quote by Christopher Jencks, the most simple definition of all is given of the American Dream. There are so many ways in which Jencks could have defined it in his article Reinventing the American Dream but instead he appeals to his audience with things people think of as sweet or nurturing, and how everyone is for it. Jencks in this article is recognizing the importance of the American Dream, he goes on to explain how over the course of time the United States has found itself seeking different forms of the American Dream. At times we tried the Republican dream in which you had to step on some heads and reach the high point and that should be your dream, while other times a more Democratic approach was taken, and just living truly comfortable and being able to support those around you through hard work was always expected. But today, Jencks find that the only way to have any form of an American Dream is change. Jencks adresses issues like the lagging minimum wage, or high school dropout rates and also gives some solutions such as a reduction in the American people's feeling of need for material goods, which hold no true value to them in order to save money and have their American dream, but no real "political" ideas are given as a solution.
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