Being in an affluent society has shaped my dreams and expectations for myself. I am already in a good position to have a successful life, combining my situation now with hard work should allow me to achieve any of my goals. In my head when I think of the perfect American dream, my mind goes to a man with a good paying job, buying a house with his wife, and raising a family in their home with a white picket fence. This dream also includes a family who is close and does fun family activities. I do not live the American dream that I picture in my head; my parents are divorced and they both rent a house and an apartment. My siblings are much older than me and have not lived in the house for eleven plus years. I do not have the ideal family unit, but my life is good and I would not change it. The American dream does impact me in the sense of using hard work to achieve my goals and I am in a good place to live that
Being in an affluent society has shaped my dreams and expectations for myself. I am already in a good position to have a successful life, combining my situation now with hard work should allow me to achieve any of my goals. In my head when I think of the perfect American dream, my mind goes to a man with a good paying job, buying a house with his wife, and raising a family in their home with a white picket fence. This dream also includes a family who is close and does fun family activities. I do not live the American dream that I picture in my head; my parents are divorced and they both rent a house and an apartment. My siblings are much older than me and have not lived in the house for eleven plus years. I do not have the ideal family unit, but my life is good and I would not change it. The American dream does impact me in the sense of using hard work to achieve my goals and I am in a good place to live that