Who Burns For The American Dream Analysis

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“The love of money is the root of all evil”~from the Bible. Money plays an important part in the American Dream, but it sometimes makes you want a lot of things since you have money; the American Dream isn’t just about money. The American Dream is accessible to American citizens because it gives us more job opportunities, it gives us individualism to what we do as an American citizen, it gives us money to buy things that we want. Now, jobs in America comes with a price. It may benefit your life or crumble down into pieces. In, the poetry “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper”, by: Martin Espada, work hard for what you want and make sure you take pride in your work because you might not get as much money. “At sixteen, I worked after high school hours at a printing plant...10 years later in law school”. Money is not everlasting, but the experience and memory I have trying to get their is what is most important. Next, as an American we deserve to be who we want and think what we want. Barack Obama made a speech “Keynote Address to The 2004 Democratic National Convention”, Obama dreamed of much greater things for himself as a kid and he achieved his dream by himself. “A belief that we are connected as one people”. I can make my own decisions as an individual. If my decision is bad or good I fault myself and learn from my mistakes and improve. …show more content…

In the Drama Play “A Raisin in The Sun”, by:Lorraine Hansberry, money plays a role in many people's lives, but trying to make more money is only going to make you buy things you want. “We ain’t no business people, Ruth. We just plain working folks”. Stick to what you know how to do don’t go out into the world and get into something you don’t like because you’re not going to be happy. A lot of money don’t make you happy as soon as you get the money it’s already going to bills or clothes that you want, but don’t necessarily

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