American Dream

E10110

cultural ideal national ethos social concept

The American Dream is the ideal that every person in the United States can achieve prosperity, success, and upward social mobility through hard work and opportunity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
American Dream canonical	72
the American Dream	23
American dream	6
The American Dream	1
The American Dream Still Works	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural ideal ⓘ national ethos ⓘ social concept ⓘ
associatedWith	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiquedFor	declining social mobility ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ ignoring structural inequality ⓘ overemphasis on individual responsibility ⓘ racial inequality ⓘ
describedIn	The Epic of America ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy	James Truslow Adams ⓘ
hasAspect	civic equality ⓘ economic aspiration ⓘ political freedom ⓘ social aspiration ⓘ
hasCoreIdea	equality of opportunity ⓘ financial security ⓘ homeownership ⓘ individualism ⓘ merit-based advancement ⓘ opportunity for all ⓘ personal freedom ⓘ prosperity through hard work ⓘ pursuit of happiness ⓘ self-made success ⓘ social mobility ⓘ success regardless of social class ⓘ upward social mobility ⓘ
hasDefinition	ideal that every person in the United States can achieve success and upward mobility through hard work and opportunity ⓘ
hasMotto	anyone can make it ⓘ land of opportunity ⓘ rags to riches ⓘ
hasSymbol	car ownership ⓘ college education ⓘ single-family home ⓘ small business ownership ⓘ upwardly mobile family ⓘ
influencedBy	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence Enlightenment ideals ⓘ Protestant work ethic ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ capitalism ⓘ frontier myth ⓘ immigration narratives ⓘ liberalism ⓘ
relatedTo	American exceptionalism ⓘ American identity ⓘ American nationalism ⓘ economic opportunity ⓘ homeownership in the United States ⓘ immigration to the United States ⓘ middle class ideal ⓘ social mobility in the United States ⓘ
representedIn	American cinema ⓘ American literature ⓘ American political rhetoric ⓘ popular culture ⓘ

Referenced by (103)

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A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage → symbolizes → American Dream ⓘ

Arthur Miller → wroteAbout → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

The Great Gatsby → theme → American Dream ⓘ

American → isOftenAssociatedWith → American Dream ⓘ

All My Sons → theme → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

The Great American Lie → mainSubject → American Dream ⓘ

Let America Be America Again → hasTheme → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

The Boss → associatedWithTheme → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: American dream

Wrecking Ball → mainTheme → American Dream ⓘ

American culture → importantConcept → American Dream ⓘ

Easy Rider → theme → American Dream ⓘ

The Epic of America → subject → American Dream ⓘ

The Epic of America → defines → American Dream ⓘ

James Truslow Adams → coinedTerm → American Dream ⓘ

Jay Gatsby → symbolizes → American Dream ⓘ

Charles Foster Kane → theme → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

A Raisin in the Sun → mainSubject → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

Valley of Ashes → relatedConcept → American Dream ⓘ

West Egg → themeRelation → American Dream ⓘ

Nick Carraway → literaryThemeAssociation → American Dream ⓘ

The Great Gatsby (1949 film) → theme → American Dream ⓘ

The Pursuit of Happyness → mainTheme → American Dream ⓘ

East Egg → associatedTheme → American Dream ⓘ

George Wilson → associatedWithTheme → American Dream ⓘ

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas → subjectMatter → American Dream ⓘ

Jewish American literature → hasTheme → American Dream ⓘ

Made in America → theme → American Dream ⓘ

All the Sad Young Men → exploresTheme → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

The Great Gatsby (opera) → theme → American Dream ⓘ

Between the World and Me → discusses → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

House of Sand and Fog → theme → American Dream ⓘ

American exceptionalism → relatedConcept → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: American dream

Horatio Alger Award → symbolizes → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

Casey DeSantis → notableWork → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: The American Dream

The American Dream Is Killing Me → hasLyricsTheme → American Dream ⓘ

Biff Loman → centralThemeRelation → American Dream ⓘ

Joe Keller → themeEmbodied → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

Happy Loman → themeAssociation → American Dream ⓘ

Ben Loman → symbolizes → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

Ben Loman → associatedWithTheme → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream

name for Charles Foster Kane’s mansion in Citizen Kane → associatedWithTheme → American Dream ⓘ

subject surface form: Xanadu (Citizen Kane)

My American Journey → focusesOn → American Dream ⓘ

Willy Loman → themeAssociated → American Dream ⓘ

Linda Loman → themeAssociation → American Dream ⓘ

Baruch College → hasMotto → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: The American Dream Still Works

“Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio” by James Wright → theme → American Dream ⓘ

subject surface form: "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio"

Two Americas → relatedConcept → American Dream ⓘ

The Great Gatsby (film adaptations) → depictsTheme → American Dream ⓘ

Nightmare Alley (novel) → theme → American Dream ⓘ

subject surface form: Nightmare Alley

Lydia Lubey → associatedWithTheme → American Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: the American Dream