The American Dream Marion Barry Analysis

The American Dream, what is it? A majority of Americans have grown up being told that this is something that they should strive for. People are shown examples of those that have come from nothing, but they were still able to achieve success in their lives despite where they came from. Former Mayor of the District of Columbia, Marion Barry is someone many would consider to have achieved the American Dream. He had endured many hardships from poverty to racism during his life, and through that he was able to become a successful politician, and a respected family man. However much he achieved it was not enough for him; he would betray the trust of his wife, and would be arrested for other deviant behavior. This is not some isolated incident either within the United States. A
Jupiter is considered one of the largest annoyance in Shady Hill since he does not conform to the local society standards. Jupiter just lives his life the way he wants to, and it bothers the people in the neighborhood. They do everything in their power to get rid of the dog from cursing all the way up to attempting to harm the dogs by throwing stones at him. Again, due to how they were brought up to see those outside of their structured society they see it as a threat instead of regarding it as part of their society. Due to them believing that once you attain such a high place in society admitting to anything beneath them would just be a repugnant idea. (Weber) Francis at one point even believes that there are plans in place to eliminate Jupiter from the area by poisoning him during his daily activities. Again society is lashing out against something that challenges the status quo. People within the society will continue to lash out against those that are not part of it till they are either gone for good, or decide to become part of