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Fallows, James. "Why We're Still in Love With the American Dream." Atlantic. 26 04 2013: n. page. Web. 3 May. 2013. <http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/why-were-still-in-love-with-the-american-dream/275330/> .

                While most people still believe in the American dream, it is becoming less and less likely anyone will actually reach anything outside of their social group. The people in the United States used to move up and down the social ladder extremely easily. Today, however, a child born into a middle class family will most likely stay within that middle class group. There are still modern people who are moving up the social ladder, and this does still inspire most American’s to reach for the American Dream.

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Citkin, F. (2013, April 25). For immigrant women, the american dream is alive and well. Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fiona-citkin-phd/american-dream-is-alive-and-well_b_3150170.html

                The American dream is alive and while in the United States for immigrants starting their lives here. There are still many opportunities for immigrant women to start their American dream, whether that is starting a business, like Irmgard Lafrentz, or moving up the political ladder to make a difference, like Ginny Gong. These women show that the American dream is not only alive and well in the United States, but an achievable goal for anyone who puts their mind to it.   

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Newman, Rick. "Behind the Boston bombing, a Busted American Dream." U.S. News, April 22, 2013, http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2013/04/22/behind-the-boston-bombing-a-busted-american-dream (accessed May 3, 2013).

                Immigrants coming to American are coming expecting their very own American dream, however, that is happening less in today’s economy. Much like the Tsarnaev brothers, who came to America with their family expecting their own American dream, most immigrants are getting pushed down into economic poverty. Most immigrants don’t look to terrorism as a way to express their frustration, but the broken dreams of the Tsarnaev brothers is becoming a more and more common story in America today.