Research Paper Sneak Peek

For my research paper, I’m going to be talking about the concept of the American Dream. What I already know about the concept of the American Dream is that it’s the belief that everyone regardless of their differences in race and  social class, can achieve their own version of success in a society where there are opportunities for everyone. My research question is, To what extent is the concept of the American Dream still relevant in the present day. This topic about the American Dream is interesting to me because I want to learn more about it, what makes the idea of the American seem like something so powerful that many people’s lives are affected by it. In the process of researching answers to my question on the American Dream, I found an interesting academic article from the EBSCO host website, named “ The American Dream and today’s reality” by Topolnicki, Denise M., the data given in the article is what caught my attention. It gives statistics on factors that affect the idea of the American Dream such as, the middle class shrank because many got richer, Upward mobility is still the American way, Today’ s best jobs go to college grads. When I’m given numbers as prove for a certain position, I believe numbers tell the truth and tell the real story. So far I feel like I found a good source but I have to still  find many more sources to make my research paper stronger. I have always heard about what the American Dream was but I didn’t really know anything in-depth about it so that is what motivated me to do research on that topic. I want my research paper to analyze the idea of the American Dream, where I can fully understand whether the idea still exists today, or in what ways it has changed to make it what it is today.