The 21st Century American and The Dream that Comes with it!

At the beginning of this class when I thought of the 21st century American I thought about how lazy, ungrateful and selfish we were but after completing the course work for the class I must disagree with my self to an extent. Even though most of us display these traits how can one try to describe the quintessential American when we are such a diverse group of people. In American we function on a “me” focused culture where everything is about oneself in the end and how anything will effect the individual but in other cultures they have a “we” focused culture in which everything that happens is for everyone and effects everyone. If America was not “the melting Pot” then we could say that the American is self-centered but since so many different people have gathered here how can we say what a typical American is anymore. We are the mutts of the world! In saying this we must now ask ourselves if being a mutt has gotten rid of things such as discrimination and judgments made by others in America and the answer is no. The “American Dream” is what a lot of individuals that came to America were hopping for when they came here but unfortunately it is something that is hard to obtain. Obstacles, such as money, prevent a lot of people from achieving their American dream but that is not the only thing. The beauty of America is that everyone is different and some times the differences are what keep someone from making their dream come true. For example to be a pilot one has to have 20/20 vision and if not they are not allowed to fly a plane. This is just one example and though its restriction has just cause it still enables some people from achieving their dream as do many other restrictions in the world.