The+American+Dream

 **The American Dream** In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, many pursued “the American dream” of hard work rewarded by middle-class signs of success such as a house, a car, a college education, and household appliances. The dream held the possibility for greater personal wealth, even while African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, and new immigrants struggled to gain the civil rights that would give them equal opportunity to chase that dream. //Death of a Salesman// has frequently been understood as a commentary on the American dream and whether
 * 1) the dream’s economic prosperity is truly available to anyone who works diligently, and
 * 2) the importance the dream places on material wealth invites selfishness and social injustice.