Do we have
such a thing as a “Norwegian Dream»? Does it actually exist?
We never hear
about someone who want to start over and live a Norwegian dream. This dream may
only exist in America. The American dream means some values that are important to
people in USA, such as democracy, freedom, justice and so on.. People in Norway
do also have these values. What is so special about The American dream that Norway
don`t have?
When people hear about Norway they are thinking of ice
bears walk along the streets in Oslo, deep, blue fjords and Vikings. Yes, these
things are thing we associate with Norway, but there`s not really important.
Some of it isn`t even true! Norwegian people are not walking around in “Bunader”
every day and living in the beautiful nature. Actually, we are living quite
like the American people.
Norway is one of the healthiest countries in the
world. We do have a welfare system that ensures us free school, free hospitals
and someone to take care of us when we no longer can do it by ourselves. The
system we have in Norway is amazing! It helps people no matter how bad you are
or deserve it. The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, right to love whomever
you want and see equality between women and men. Other important values we have
in Norway is democracy. Democracy makes every single person in the society
important, and have the opportunity and chance to choose which way the country should
be controlled. The “Jante law” is also something that describes how Norwegian
people want to be.
I think that people are going to America to start over
because it is such a nice and big country, and they have many good values. I
think they are going to America instead of Norway because America is a country with
a huge population; therefor it is easier to move from place to place, and get a
better life (maybe easier to fit in since there is so many people living there).
Sources:
dagbladet.no
.http://www.everyculture.com/No-Sa/Norway.html#ixzz3LgJ8XYZh
