The American Dream Meaning

"The American Dream" is that dream of a nation in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with options for each according to capacity or accomplishments. It is a dream of social stability in which each man and each woman shall be able to achieve to the fullest distinction of which they are essentially competent, and be distinguished by others for what they are, despite of the incidental conditions of birth or stance. But really, what is the American dream? Many people discover success in a range of things. There are many different definitions of the American Dream. The American Dream can embrace prosperity, personal safety, and personal liberty. But if anything, one thing’s for certain, the American is a lie.

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But life in the North isn’t at all how they expected it. They learn that they have to work hard and always be on the run in order to live in the North. They work low paid jobs; they are constantly on the run from the federals and live in horrible conditions. Rosa isn’t happy with this way of living. She feels that they have gained no real freedom coming to America. Their life is no different than it was in Guatemala. Rosa is ready to give up on the entire running but Enrique still has hope that there will be luck in their lives and helps them better their lives. Enrique believes that they need to have hoped to gain the “American Dream” and that it is possible to gain the dream. The word freedom, a synonym for the North, in the minds of many immigrants depicts a certain scene in El Norte. The scene, at the hospital where Rosa, diagnosed with a deadly rash gives up hope on life. She tells Enrique that life here in the North isn’t easy as at all. The stories and pictures they used to hear and see isn’t really how the North is. The North is a harsh place, for immigrants she says. They have a hard time finding jobs. For Rosa and Enrique ruining towards education was the one way to get a step closer to the “American Dream.” In order for both Rosa and Enrique to get “better” jobs they both have to learn to speak English. They have to attend classes to learn basic English

In search for the “American Dream” each day thousands of immigrants run away from their homelands to “better” their lives. The land of opportunities as they call America, isn’t really all that great once they arrive, the hardships and indifferences the Latino immigrants face I believe were depicted in the works of Francisco Jimenez’s The Circuit and Gregory Nava’s El