Alice Walker American Dream

The American dream for many people is the idea of prospering and achieving success while everyone has the same opportunity to triumphant. But there are also plenty of other people who highly disagree with the theory of American dream. Many people believe that there are other countries that are equal if not better than the United States. According to statistics throughout the years, the United States has not been the most successful country. There is just as much poverty and lack of employment in the US as there is in many other countries. So why does the American dream still have the fame of being something so spectacular if in reality it’s all the same in other countries? Sure there are many countries that have many problems which is why
The daughters are completely different because one is a stay home daughter while the other is in college living the American Dream. Dee is the daughter who is in college and visits the family while Maggie and Mama are at home. When Dee comes back home, Maggie and Mama realize that Dees personality is completely different. “What happened to Dee?” asked Mama, then Dee replies, “She’s dead, I couldn’t bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me” (Walker). Dee feels like she is superior to her family, making her want to stand out from her family all because the American
College is not cheap, and paying for an education could leave some in debt for years. Soaring tuition fees, which can leave hole in anyone’s pocket. Hu Helen in her Higher Education article explains, “Many of them (Immigrants) receive an inferior education, work on the side, and drop out or graduate with degrees that don't help them get jobs. They're left with huge debts that they can't pay off” (Helen). The American dream should have a more even playing field and should give opportunity to those who moved to the country for the better. The United States has been giving many jobs away, and foreign countries are now doing these jobs. The amount of money we as a nation spends on imports is staggering, and many of those imports can be jobs and opportunity that immigrants have in the U.S. In the short story “New York Day Woman” by Edwidge Danticat, there is also a daughter and a mother relationship. But in this story the characters are different in the way the Suzette knows little to almost nothing about her mom. With the clash of two different cultures by different generations, we notice in the story that the American dream is to blame in this