An Analysis Of 'Non-Ambiguous: A Dream And Reality Now Severed'
Non-Ambiguous: A Dream and Reality Now Severed
Wesley J.A. Todd
America was the great melting pot. It was full of many diverse flavors. Some were spicy, some were tart, and some were even bitter; it was boiling and brimming, but it is now burning. Is our pot too full; is it time to replace the lid? Bruce Springsteen once stated, “I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.” One may feel that the American dream is no longer ambiguous with the American reality. America no longer provides access to the American dream.
On the other hand, some may say that America still does provide access to the American dream. Anzia Yezierska articulates in her short story, “America and I,” that her work “would be the living job of fullest self-expression.” She believes that she may be able …show more content…
It is similar to the statement Langston Hughes used in his poem, “Let America be America Again” that the land was “poor man’s [land], Indian’s, Negro’s,” and that it is not truly so. Numerous people have been losing their jobs, which often snowballs into losing everything, and it is getting worse and worse by the minute. The economy is plummeting, because oil prices are dropping exponentially, while prices for other goods are rising at the same rate. The only thing that is not going up is wages. David Wallechinsky would most likely agree with these statements, because he, too, asserts in his article, “Is the American Dream Still Possible?” that, “Many average Americans are struggling – squeezed by rising costs, declining wages, credit card debt and diminished benefits, with little left over to save for retirement.” This shows that the snowball effect has occurred before, and is most likely to transpire
Wesley J.A. Todd
America was the great melting pot. It was full of many diverse flavors. Some were spicy, some were tart, and some were even bitter; it was boiling and brimming, but it is now burning. Is our pot too full; is it time to replace the lid? Bruce Springsteen once stated, “I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.” One may feel that the American dream is no longer ambiguous with the American reality. America no longer provides access to the American dream.
On the other hand, some may say that America still does provide access to the American dream. Anzia Yezierska articulates in her short story, “America and I,” that her work “would be the living job of fullest self-expression.” She believes that she may be able …show more content…
It is similar to the statement Langston Hughes used in his poem, “Let America be America Again” that the land was “poor man’s [land], Indian’s, Negro’s,” and that it is not truly so. Numerous people have been losing their jobs, which often snowballs into losing everything, and it is getting worse and worse by the minute. The economy is plummeting, because oil prices are dropping exponentially, while prices for other goods are rising at the same rate. The only thing that is not going up is wages. David Wallechinsky would most likely agree with these statements, because he, too, asserts in his article, “Is the American Dream Still Possible?” that, “Many average Americans are struggling – squeezed by rising costs, declining wages, credit card debt and diminished benefits, with little left over to save for retirement.” This shows that the snowball effect has occurred before, and is most likely to transpire