American Dream In Farewell To Manzanar And The Grapes Of Wrath

Throughout the American life, the American Dream has been prevalent to motivate Americans to perform and work towards a goal. The American Dream has put an emphasis on hard work and achieving the best results. By way of illustration, many Americans may dream for material wealth, financial stability, world peace or racial equality. However, discrimination and prejudice has been responsible for thwarting American Dreams and has often discouraged people from continuing to pursue their goals. Because inequalities and discrimination often prevent people from achieving their dreams, the literary works The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, and The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus redefine the American Dream as a goal for the equality of all people despite their economic class, ethnicity or social status. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck portrays the American Dream as a dream for equality between economic classes. In the 1930s, The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl impacted America causing an
The poem describes the Statue of Liberty as the “Mother of Exiles” to exemplify America’s desire to accept anyone who has been expelled from their land. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, the tempest-tossed to me” (Lazarus) demonstrates that America value not the class or position of a person but the person themselves. “I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” acknowledges America’s pledge for acceptance and equality to all those who reside in the United States of America. The Statue of Liberty promises to accept people no matter their social status allowing citizens to accomplish equality on American