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In the United States there is a belief，which gose that people are rewarded for working ,producing ,and achieving. Many people believe that there is equality of opportunity that allows anyone to become successful. This belief is illustrated by stories written by a nineteenth-century American novelist, Horatio Alger,who wrote about the “American Dream”. In his stories he described poor people who became rich because of their hard work, honesty , and luck . The stories reinforced the idea ,which is that all individuals, no matter how poor ,were capable of becoming wealthy as long as they were honest and hare-working . For many Americans, however, Horatio Alger’s “rags-to-riches” stories do not represent the reality of opportunity. Many poor immigrants who came to the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were able to become rich . Today, however, the poor generally do not rise to the middle and upper classes ,which is why the “American Dream” is now described as a myth. |
