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American Dream

It seems as though much of the people during the decade of the 80's sought to be
financially secure before anything else. Money was the way to everything, and without it,
nothing could be attained. It was the building block to everything else they did, and could
determine much of what your life would represent. Though this appeared to be the
majority, it was not true for 100% of the people during the time. To some, such as
women, politics was the way to the American Dream...success, happiness, and
contentment.
For many, the American Dream was to be successful in life, raise a family, get
married, and live happily ever after. But the question that lurked throughout the decade
was "how" to achieve that. For my subject, my father, his main goal was to get educated
in order to move up in the business world, get to a point where he could make a sufficient
enough salary to support a family, buy a home, and live in happiness. That was his dream,
his goal. Looking at his case, before he could attain money, he needed the education. Yet
the main idea of his goal was to reach the money, and things would escalate from there.
He would soon be able to support a family and live as an American family.
When you hear it said that the 80's was about material possessions...money, etc.,
you might be lead to believe the wrong thing. Yes most people needed money during the
time, but it wasn't to buy foreign cars or 65" TV sets. It was to ensure your family and
yourself of a future, somewhere to be in five years. It was an effort that was driven by
emotion and will and a want to succeed. That is how I see it. I do not see it as it appears
on the exterior, which is a money hungry craze. Because I think during that time, people
were not so worried about having the fancy car, or having the huge house. Having a
loving family and a house to come home to is luxury enough, and says more than a car
ever could.
For some, such as another subject...