The American Dream

What really is the American Dream? When one thinks about the American dream one thinks of something that can be achieved through hard work, but with the Industrialization the wealth gap between the rich and the poor has expanded beyond measurable limits with extreme tycoons rising out with big names such as Rockefeller and Carnegie, while employing thousands of workers on minimum wage. Can these people hope to achieve the massive amount of wealth that Rockefeller has? No. The brutal truth of reality has set upon them and pessimism is everywhere. They reject the traditional ideas of the previous eras of happy-go-lucky attitudes and take on the truth. They lost faith in the American dream. They reject sentimentality and artificiality. The American people, of which the majority work in factories, have lost faith in the roots of which this country was founded. That greatness is destined for everyone. What really is greatness, if everyone can be great? The modernists face the truth and harsh reality that life isn't so happy and that the American dream can only be achieved by those wealthy and affluent individuals: it is not for everyone. It is a dream only available to a small sector of people in America.