The American notion of happiness today still draws from Adams' idea.It's the myth that anyone can succeed.Social mobility was nearly impossible in feudal Europe,but many nations there today,especially nothern Europe,have more social elasticity than the United States,To be sure,there are success stories,but it is more often the children who benefit than immigrant parents.
Five myths about the American dream
Martin Luther King
• Martin Luther King,who was born in 1929,is well-known to us all as a freedom fighter.In 1963,he gave the famous speech "I have a dream" in Washington D.C.,which inspird people to fight for equality.Then he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
In the 1990s, California saw a new wave of dreamers in Silicon Valley. People poured their energy into the Internet. This new chapter of the American Dream attracted many business people and young talents from China and India to form start-ups and seek fortunes in America.