The American Dream Informative Speech

y grandmother lived through the Kristallnacht, huddled, scared for her life, as Nazi brownshirts tore about Germany, destroying Jewish stores, Jewish synagogues, and Jewish bodies. To have gone from that horrid moment and brutal place to the life of my family now has – living in the Palisades, not having to worry about be persecuted for her religion, and being financially stable- must be beyond the wildest dreams of that scared little girl. This exemplifying a true example of the famed “American Dream,” and the ability to build a life and a legacy from nothing.
After trying to fully understand the extent of my grandma’s “American Dream,” I soon realized that the “American Dream” is completely different for everyone. It depends on people’s

opportunity and circumstances that they are dealt with. This came into play when I was driving Saulo, a boy on my soccer team, home from our tournament. As were were approaching Saulo’s house, in the middle of Compton, I heard the blaring of police sirens and happened to notice all of the metal bar covering Saulo’s windows for protection. Parked in front of his house was a beat up 1970s chevy with half of the cars paint peeling off.
Dropping Saulo off at his house reinforced my newfound belief that the “American Dream” was more prevalent in circumstance of privilege. Saulo was one of the hardest working kids that I knew, but I knew that he would struggle to fulfill the same “American Dream” that I was able to because he does not have the same type of support and financial stability that I had. Every day after school Saulo would take care of his younger brother until 7 when his parents would get home from work, after he would work his night job until 11:30. Saulo had many familial obligations that he has to worry about over his want and desire to achieve the next level of schooling, and strive for a prosperous “American Dream” that many privileged kids take for granted.