KnowraThe American DreamLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to The American Dream, each with the reason it gives.All 16Related 14Narrower topic 1Compared with 1Social mobilityRelated: Belief in upward mobility is central to this ideal, while unequal chances complicate it.American exceptionalismRelated: It translates national distinctiveness into a promise about individual opportunity.The Great GatsbyNarrower topic: The novel tests whether wealth and reinvention can fulfill that ideal.Frank CapraRelated: Capra’s stories both celebrate this promise and expose its vulnerability to greed.Breaking BadCompared with: Walter invokes provision and achievement while pursuing wealth through destructive criminal means.Paris HiltonRelated: Hilton’s inherited wealth complicates narratives that treat fame and success as self-made.The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayRelated: The cousins seek success and freedom, while the novel tests the price of both.Johnny B. GoodeRelated: Johnny’s imagined ascent expresses this ideal through musical talent and public recognition.The Adventures of Augie MarchRelated: Augie’s ambitions expose the freedom and instability promised by self-invention.Horatio AlgerRelated: Alger’s fiction supplied enduring popular images of the dream’s promise of upward mobility.Make America Great AgainRelated: Supporters connect the slogan’s promise of national renewal with restoring opportunity and prosperity.The Game of LifeRelated: The game frames financial accumulation as a visible measure of a successful life.B. C. ForbesRelated: Forbes’s accounts of business achievement often framed success through this ideal.Buried ChildRelated: The failed farm exposes the gap between national promise and inherited hardship.Harold RobbinsRelated: Robbins repeatedly dramatizes characters pursuing wealth, status, and success.Nathanael WestRelated: West repeatedly dismantled the promise of effortless success that underlies this national ideal.
KnowraThe American DreamLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to The American Dream, each with the reason it gives.All 16Related 14Narrower topic 1Compared with 1Social mobilityRelated: Belief in upward mobility is central to this ideal, while unequal chances complicate it.American exceptionalismRelated: It translates national distinctiveness into a promise about individual opportunity.The Great GatsbyNarrower topic: The novel tests whether wealth and reinvention can fulfill that ideal.Frank CapraRelated: Capra’s stories both celebrate this promise and expose its vulnerability to greed.Breaking BadCompared with: Walter invokes provision and achievement while pursuing wealth through destructive criminal means.Paris HiltonRelated: Hilton’s inherited wealth complicates narratives that treat fame and success as self-made.The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayRelated: The cousins seek success and freedom, while the novel tests the price of both.Johnny B. GoodeRelated: Johnny’s imagined ascent expresses this ideal through musical talent and public recognition.The Adventures of Augie MarchRelated: Augie’s ambitions expose the freedom and instability promised by self-invention.Horatio AlgerRelated: Alger’s fiction supplied enduring popular images of the dream’s promise of upward mobility.Make America Great AgainRelated: Supporters connect the slogan’s promise of national renewal with restoring opportunity and prosperity.The Game of LifeRelated: The game frames financial accumulation as a visible measure of a successful life.B. C. ForbesRelated: Forbes’s accounts of business achievement often framed success through this ideal.Buried ChildRelated: The failed farm exposes the gap between national promise and inherited hardship.Harold RobbinsRelated: Robbins repeatedly dramatizes characters pursuing wealth, status, and success.Nathanael WestRelated: West repeatedly dismantled the promise of effortless success that underlies this national ideal.