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The American Dream. This concept is specific to the United States and is based on different ideas as meritocracy, individual acts... in order to reach prosperity. This dream has bounds with liberalism too.
The three texts “Inequality and the American Dream”, “Myths and the middle class” and “Wake up : the American Dream is over” permit to get a complete view of this notion.
What is its place in the American Society?
What limits, today, come in front this concept?
Who are the detractors of it ?
First, we’ll show that the American Dream is at the roots of the American society before observing they are several obstacles to its realization nowadays. Finally, we’ll discuss about those who criticize this American Dreams in its soul.

So first of all, let’s begin our discussion talking about the American Dream as a concept at the roots of the American Society.
We’re going to explain it’s a model of life. In deed, the American Dream is like a theory whom you can do what you want working. It means you can go through the inequalities which exist. For example, you can climb the social ladder and have a higher position than your parents. And no one can stop you. In this way, the State doesn’t have to occupy an important position. Thus, the taking of risks is very important in this theory. You have to take decisions and to act in order to reach social and economic prosperity. This taking of risks surely provokes dynamism in the society but also competition. In deed, if meritocracy exists, people who work the harder will be better than the others. In fact, the American Dream is a wish to access to the Middle Class. The Middle Class is the one where the people have succeeded but are modest. In deed, they don’t consider themselves as people of the upper class. This middle class is at the foundations of the consumer society but we’ll talk about it later.
Now, we are going to show how this dream is effective and influent. First, this American Dream is effective