American Dream

I've been thinking about the American Dream since yesterdays class and then i started to think about how everything thinks of it as this great life and living happily ever after. I work at a nursing home and day after day i see the same employees working doubles to support their families and working hard to hopefully someday achieve the "american dream." When i see them always at work I think to myself is it really worth it? To be at work 70+ hours a week every week to support your family when in fact all this time they are spending at work they are away from their families. This creates fights and conflict among their families which i hear about constantly. Trying to achieve the american dream may not be worth it afterall if you lose things close to you while trying to get there.