The American Dream What exactly is the American dream? Most people have never really thought about this before even though deep down inside they have an idea of what their personal dream is. Ever since the first settlers arrived in Jamestown to set up a new colony in this vast new world, it stood as a place of freedom that was not available anywhere else in the world. People flocked here in search of a …showed first 75 words of 688 total…

…showed last 75 words of 688 total…The American dream is really about finding happiness and meaning to life. Everyone wants to be successful in life and really accomplish something important. The only thing that differs in peoples’ dream is how they find this happiness. To some people it may be through religion, others it may be a successful career, to others it is having lots of wealth, and yet for others it is simply through family and friends who love them.