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The American Dream is the epitome of the pipe dreams that one fantasizes about when coming to the United States of America. These pipe dreams we speak of consists the make-believe aspiration with the capability of progressing into a much higher class. For some, it may be an uphill battle but it simply takes dedication, efficiency, and diligence. Curtis Mayfield, a famous African-American singer established both as a pioneer of soul music and took part as a singular voice in the Civil Rights movement. Mayfield's album cover of There's No Place Like America indirectly hints to a 1936 American billboard. The original billboard was actually propaganda to exhibit The American Dream with a typical ideal family, a mother, father, a son, a daughter, and a dog, all white. They're heading to their destination on a sun-drenched day. This technique was used to display what the real American Dream was at least before the Great Depression. Mayfield purely asserts that the American Dream ...

Hip-pop legend Tupac Shakur was one of the most dynamic, influential, talented, yet troubled soul who left behind his momentous, significant musical legacy behind at age 25. He released four albums between 1991-1996 ultimately selling over 75 million albums worldwide. Shakur embraced the 1990's gangsta-rap aesthetic and was one of the most notable figures in the 1990's East Coast - West Coast Hip-pop rivalry. Sorrowfully, he paid the terminal price and was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, 1996. He was not only a rapper, actor, and producer, and much more but he was also a poet as well. Shakur wrote a book,  The Rose That Grew from Concrete  that consists more than 100 poems where Shakur's most intimate and honest thoughts were revealed. In one of his poems, it resembles The American Dream. In his poem, Shakur summarizes what it's like to be successful from a tough community. He starts off the poem with, "If you walked by a street and you saw a rose g...

On December 15th, 1791 the startling Bill of Rights were written by James Madison earning the nickname, "Father of the Constitution". The Bill of Rights consists 10 amendments to The Constitution in response to calls from various states coveting substantial constitutional protection for discrete civil liberties. In the Burger King Bill of Rights written by Brad Blum, it is evident that it has quite the resemblance of the indigenous Bill of Rights starting with the title itself containing the guarantees of fundamental rights and also has the resemblance of the Declaration of Independence where you have the three rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is shown when Blum starts, "You have the right to have things your way." Once Blum asserts the beginning of his statement he then says, "You have the right to hold the pickles and hold the lettuce. You have the right to mix COKE and SPRITE. You have the right to a WHOPPER sandwich with extra tom...