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ary people always fear their wealth, suddenly 5 one hand, the core focus of American culture is the individual value, pursuing the democratic freedom and admiring the petition, clinging to the principle of rationalism and pragmatism. And most importantly, it ultimately places emphasis on the selfconcentrated individualism. In another words, American culture takes strength to the individual strive. The ultimate goal for a American in his or her life is to achieve what he or she can get through his or her untiring try. And now take a look at the socalled American Dream. The socalled American Dream is originated from the colonial period of Britain. It is a kind of dream which promotes the belief that people can finally achieve better life if only he or she continues to try without any kind of difficulties. That is to say, people must be diligent, brave, and determined enough to step into success, rather than depend on some kind of social class or aid from the outside world. To draw a conclusion that American Dream inspires people to work so hard to arrive his or her ideal destinations within a short life. It can be seen obvious in the American culture. Accordingly, the core of the American culture is the American Dream. Illustrate my view, the American public values the achievement a lot, and most of them honor the hero, having a deeply worship of the success and hero. The personal achievement is considered to be one of the most vital values .The sense to achievement possesses a very special station in an American’ heart. Every American is running after the success and it means the promising prospect and the motivation to moving forward. They do believe that the value of a person is what he or she has got in his or her career. Today, in America, the heroes of the new times are the successful entrepreneurs, scientists, artists and various kinds of stars. Their personal experiences of how they finally get what they are pursuing have bee the reference of the social cultural orientation, the lively text books for the American parents to instruct their children. What all talked about above reveals the American culture emphasizes the individual strive mostly. And what can be easily concluded is that the American culture’ core is American Dream. From what have been talked, a conclusion can be safely drawn that American Dream is the core of the American culture. References: [1].Barack Obama, 無畏的希望:重申美國夢 [2].劉植榮 , 解讀美國夢 [3].王恩銘 .當(dāng)代美國社會與文化 [M].上海:上海外語教育出版社 [4].吳定柏 .美國文學(xué)大綱 [M].上海:上海外語教育出版社, 1998. [5].朱維之 .外國文學(xué)史(歐美卷) [M].天津:南開大學(xué)出版社, 2020.