According to John L. O'Sullivan, "The right of our [America's] manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent".  One of the major aspects of the American dream can be clearly seen in the idea of manifest destiny, which was and still is the American goal of continued colonial expansion and forward progression.  The works of Isaac Asimov parallel the ideas and goals of the early Americans, who wanted to colonize their entire continent.  In Isaac Asimov's futuristic earth, the goal is to colonize other planets. However, like the early Americans, the inhabitants of the futuristic Earth are faced with opposition from much stronger and better-situated opponents trying to prevent them from reaching their manifest destiny.  In Isaac Asimov's robot series, the American dream of forward progress and expansion are expressed both by the desires of the people and by...