The American Dream in the 1950s was the belief in the opportunity for success, everyone was created equal and everyone had an equal opportunity to have a career, raise a family and live successful and comfortable lives. The American Dream is an idea that suggests that everyone living in the United States has the potential to live a happy and successful life; as long as you work hard, you can achieve anything. The American dream is just a dream, it is not reality, a successful life is far-fetched. In the films Avalon, Quiz Show, The Apartment, A Face in the Crowd and Tin Men, they all have the same ending, chasing that American dream and losing their jobs. Some people believe that the American Dream represents the desire to live a better life than the previous generation, and there is a legitimate opportunity for that to happen, provided you work hard enough. This is especially true in the case of the film Avalon. Many parents' desire for their children is to lead a happy life. This is especially true among immigrants, as many of them fled their home countries, where life was difficult, to live in a land of opportunity. The impact and power of the media on the American people in the 1950s was extremely effective once publicity was made. was introduced. Television did what radio could not do: it showed the products. Seeing the product changed the advertising as it now made it visual and was extremely effective in terms of sales. Part of the American dream involved housewives, wives stayed home, cleaned and cooked while their husbands went to work. The media portrayed housewives using household appliances to cook and clean, with a smile. This created an image of a woman living in the fifties. The number of w...... middle of paper ......r you, or against you. There are those who take and those who get caught. In the film The Apartment, Baxter is a single man who works and makes sacrifices to climb the ladder at work. Baxter moved from the regular policy department to second administrative assistant and then deputy director. It wasn't easy, Mr. Baxter let upper management walk all over him, he took responsibility for things, and he covered for people, gave up his apartment so upper management could 'use as and when she wanted. He put the happiness of others before his own. All he wanted was to get a promotion, make more money and thought it would bring him happiness. In the end Mr. Baxter resigns and becomes a human being, he fights back and no longer allows anyone to use his apartment. He finally realizes that money isn't everything and that he can't buy happiness..