The American Dream “When I'm older I'll be stronger, they'll call me freedom just a waving flag” (K'naan). Being rich, having freedom, being able to control one's own destiny, some say owning material goods, and others say having power are the true values ​​of the American dream. For many people, especially Americans, their American dream is all about achieving a higher standard of living. James Truslow Adams gives us useful information about the American dream. He states in his book The Epic of America, written in 1931, that "the American dream is the dream of a country in which life should be better, richer, and fuller for everyone, with opportunities for each according to his abilities." or his achievements. » His idea or information still stands out today. Everyone is looking for a better life, a better future for their children. They want life to be richer, fuller and better. James Henry Gatz in the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of those Americans who based his entire life on the money they earned and the wealth they possessed. He believed that money brought many other benefits in life. The main reason Gatsby changed his life and became rich was to do so. get back his old love Daisy. When James Gatz first met Daisy, he was poor and he wasn't good enough because he was of a lower class than her. He always knew that as long as he was poor, he had to forget it, because there was no class. lucky they are together. He says "I was poor", he had no money and he knew Daisy wouldn't wait too long for him, as he states "She never loved you, you hear?" "She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except... middle of paper ......d with. the absence of his father, whom he only saw once again after his parents' divorce, during a brief visit in 1971. "My father had left paradise, and nothing my mother or my grandparents told me could obviate this unique and unassailable fact," he later said. "They could not describe what it could have been if he had stayed." (Barack Obama).Barack Hussein Obama also struggled and suffered a lot during his life, but he eventually became the 44th President of the United States of America. He achieved his American dream, and in his situation it was slightly impossible Barack Hussein Obama comes from a Muslim family, and he is also black, and his father is from Kenya, given the racism in the country. world today and the fact that he is not entirely American, achieving what he accomplished was almost impossible. Obama showed how free America is and that anyone can achieve their American dream..