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The American Dream is something that makes America great. It allows those with aspirations to make them come true. In America all one needs is a dream and the motivation to carry out that dream. Ambition is the driving force behind the American Dream. It allo ....

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.... and the desire and ambition to carry them out is part of the American Dream. My father has these qualities. My father came to the United States when he was a young child and was raised in a one bedroom apartment that he shared with his parents and brother. Still he had a dream, the American Dream, to own his own business. This dream for him came about when he was a young boy and read the book The Rothschilds, by Frederic Morton. In this book he read about a family that came from nothing and built up a fortune through hard work perseverance and most of all ambition. It was this yearning to carry out their dream that motivated the Rot ....