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The ideals that undergird the american dream were formed early in the nations history. Although america is a very young nation or 2 cullen 2004, p. It wasnt exactly our logic two hundred years later, but it made a kind of sense cullen 51. A summary of part one in edward albees american dream. Jim cullen s the american dream 965 words bartleby. The american dream dates back to the puritans, a small group of religious dissenters from the church of england, who had a dream and crossed the atlantic ocean seeking a way of worshipping god as they saw fit. Prep school teacher and historian cullen, who once recast bruce springsteen in the mold of ralph waldo emerson born in the u.
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