Title: The American Dream in the Twentieth Century | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: The American Dream in the Twentieth Century
The American Dream in the Twentieth Century
The American Dream in the Twentieth Century
Introduction
Small-Town Life
Questioning Conventions
The Depression
Emerging Superpower
Disillusionment
Modern War
Counterculture
Age of Excess
The Dream versus Reality
Conclusion
SOURCES

Content: Having lost both love and wealth by the end of the novel, Blaine is finally free to discover his true self. In this way, Fitzgerald depicts the new American dream as a search for one's identity. " It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being," Fitzgerald writes of Blaine. The Depression
At his poorest, Fitzgerald's Amory Blaine embraces the ideals of socialism: the belief that citizens should collectively share ownership of resources in a society, rather than allowing a small number of wealthy individuals to own most of the resources. This notion, an important facet of the American dream since Winthrop's Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early seventeenth century, gained popularity throughout the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. Folk singer Woody Guthrie, who spent years living among the impoverished Okies and other migrant workers in California, wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940; the song has endured as one of the most popular American folk songs of all time. Guthrie's patriotic tribute emphasizes themes of community and cooperation among all Americans, and celebrates the freedom to explore the vast and varied geography that makes up the United States, with its familiar refrain, "This land was made for you and me." The song has appeared in many slightly altered versions over the years;