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“The many stages of the American Dream”

Through out this nation’s history the “American Dream” has varied greatly. During the time when Columbus arrived in America the thought or dream was that “life was richer, freer and better than they had ever known” (Columbus discovers… pg. 1). However, in reality
The earthly paradise that Columbus had described turned
out to contain snakes and malaria and fierce Indians (Columbus discovers… pg. 1),

this is what they found when they landed. An English pioneer named Thomas More introduced this idea of Utopia, meaning “no place at all” or made up world. Utopia (his book) was full of guidelines and structure which helped “shape the American character” (Columbus discovers… pg. 1). Later in the 17th century a new American dream surfaced, this of religious and moral deliverance. Likewise to the previous dream the reality at this time was savages still roamed the new land. The English believed that there was enough room for the two of them. Nevertheless, as the E...

Posted by: Geraint Watts

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