AMERICAN DREAM
by Eugenia Pillkowsky
1. Biff can't fullfill his fathers dreams
2. freedom of speech
3. written to ensure possibility of achieving personal freedom and pursuit of happiness
4. THE PURITANS
4.1. decided to leave England
4.2. Intention: purify the Church of England, not leave it
4.3. September 1620: left England on the Mayflower, arrived at Plymouth Bay
5. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
5.1. 1776 by Thomas Jefferson
5.2. everybody created equal
5.2.1. unalienable rights
5.2.1.1. life
5.2.1.2. liberty
5.2.1.3. pursuit of happiness
5.3. possibility to make dreams come true
5.4. individual rights
6. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION
6.1. written in 1787
6.2. new ideas of a democratic state
7. BILL OF RIGHTS
7.1. first ten amendments to the American Constitution
7.2. guarantee inalienable rights
7.2.1. freedom of religion
7.2.2. freedom of press
7.2.3. right to bear arms
8. AMERICAN DREAM TODAY
8.1. multicultural society
8.2. salad bowl
8.3. melting pot
8.4. American Dream is seen more critically nowadays
8.5. an illusion
8.6. American Nightmares
8.6.1. Vietnam War
8.6.2. September 11, 2001
8.6.3. financial crisis 2008
9. DEATH OF A SALESMAN
9.1. Arthur Miller
9.2. 1949
9.3. Willy & Linda Loman
9.3.1. Biff
9.3.2. Happy
9.4. looking for exactly where his life went wrong
9.5. being well liked
9.6. brother of Will: Ben, was successfull
9.7. Willy suicide
10. THE USA
10.1. Country of unlimited opportunities
10.2. "from rags to riches"
10.3. immigrants want to find a better life
10.4. The American Dream
10.4.1. James Truslow Adams 1931
11. FREEDOM
11.1. STATUE OF LIBERTY
11.1.1. gift from France 1886
11.1.2. to celebrate Independence from Britain
11.1.3. Symbol for
11.1.3.1. independence
11.1.3.2. liberty
11.1.3.3. freedom
11.1.4. Emma Lazarus Poem: "The New Colossus" 1883
11.1.5. Upper New York Bay
11.1.6. tablet in left hand
11.1.6.1. showing date of Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
11.2. enlightenment
11.3. ELLIS ISLAND
11.3.1. immigrants arrived there
11.3.2. federal Immigration Station 1892-1954