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What are the obstacles to the American dream? Well some common obstacles is lack of education, money, and work opportunities. Those obstacles which are education, money, and work opportunities can stop your American Dream.

One of the common obstacles was lack of education. Most of the time you want what's best for your family. But meaning you dropped out of school the people who stayed in school have more and better opportunities than you do who didn’t even finish school. In the passage “A Smart Cookie” Esperanza's mother had to things she didn’t like to do. You Know why she had to do those things? She quit school. In the passage it say’s “She used to draw when she had the time. Now she draws with a needle and thread, little knotted rosebuds,

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