A month's break and the american dream

So last time I saw you guys I was apologizing (like I am now) for being off. I suppose you could say I took a month's break off of blogging because of various things. But now I am back and I'm hopefully going start posting again (I have a few ideas spinning round in my mind)

Also another thing I wanted to talk about is 'The American Dream'. This was inspired by the lovely Amy who recently discussed the big questions of life and what she thought of them.

What is The American Dream?

'The belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. The American dream is achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking and hard work, not by chance.'

or in a simpler form put by Matt

"You get a job, you get married, you buy a house, and have your 2.5 children.'

Why is it called that?

I think that when WW1 ended America had this big happy lifestyle that they potrayed to the rest of the world and other people from different countries saw them and thought 'I'd really like to be part of that' and that's why loads of people immigrated to America.

(Please correct me if I'm wrong in the comments)

Any thoughts?

Yes it's mainly on why it's still called the American Dream because I feel like many countries have inherited the American Dream. I mean, I know it originated in America and I can't think of another name for it but I feel it deserves a new name now.

That's all for today folks. I feel like that was more a philsopcal post but sometimes it is good to do that and I feel like I have served the topic I was talking about justice.

See you soon,

Lucy