The New Colossus, Refugee In America, And The First American

The short poems and story “The New Colossus”, “Refugee in America”, and “ The First Americans” are all about the American Dreams, and how they all reflect the American dream, in one way or another. They all have their positive message and negative message.
“The New Colossus” reflects the American Dream by poetically introducing how the Mother of exiles, or now known as the Statue of Liberty was expressing that, people can find freedom in America with equal rights. How their path to successfully getting the American Dream would already be guided for them, if they gave the Mother of Exiles as her words could have said “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send

these, the homeless, tempest-toss to me.I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
“Refugee in America” reflects the American Dream “America offers endless opportunity to those willing to work hard.” this represents how “Refugee in America” reflects the American Dream because as the poem says “There are words like Freedom, sweet and wonderful to say. There are words like Liberty, that almost, make me cry.” the poet also says “ If you had known what i knew, you would know why.” This shows how he is trying to work hard to get Liberty because, that would mean freedom.
“The First Americans” reflects the America Dream “America offers a refuge for people feeling oppression.” in a way that shows that everyone can be appreciated and recognized. They wanted to feel like people knew the good things they have done and not the bad things.
People knew of only the horrible things Native Americans did. There was no knowledge of the good things they had done.
In the short poem “The New Colossus” was a positive but meaningful message, that was supposedly was told from The Statue of Liberty, to give hope and freedom to ones who gave their leadership. This short poem was positive to the American Dreams of the people.
In conclusion, “The New Colossus”, “Refugee in America”, and “The First Americans” had positive and negative things to say. The short poems and story told how the people living this felt and acted through it all, They have in common the feelings that were shared.