Comparing The American Dream In Nickel And Dimed

While my American dream and Julia Alvarez’s dream in I Want to Be Miss America was to achieve the American dream by fitting in with our fellow peers. Barbara Ehrenreich in Nickel and Dimed shows that the American dream is for many others is to stay up financial with their fellow peers. These pieces all support that the the American dream is to keep up with your peers whether it’s appearance or financially.

Many kids American dream my age was to be the president, an astronaut, or just an overall billionaire. The American dream to a young, naive Manny was the American boots that my white friend did have. Looking back, those boots symbolized more than just American boots, it symbolized acceptance. I wanted to feel accepted at school
My stepfather Jose Carrera age 35 came to America at the age of 22 from Mexico here is what he said about fitting it America . “ I lived in Chicago for a long time before moving to Indianapolis. I would go to downtown Chicago and walk around just watch people and how they moved, dressed, what they bought, and tried to understand the language. Looking back it was probably weird but that's how I adapted to America. I wanted the nice clothes they had on and I wanted to drive the nice cars I saw parked outside the big fancy
It would most likely be something about being financially stable over just “keeping up”. When you see a fellow peer drive up in with a 2017 Camaro you will most likely get jealous. You want to keep up with them you want to fit in with the rest of the peers with their 50 inch tvs, with their nice houses, with their nice cars, but you can’t. Why? Well because money unfortunately doesn’t grow on trees, it's made from trees but doesn't grown on them. Trust me I’ve tried! It comes from tough and tedious work you may or may not want to do, but you do it right? For most answers it's yes why is