Amber Naqvi: The Achiever Of The American Dream

The United States of America has been known to be a land of opportunity and freedom with the persisting idea of the “American Dream”. The "American Dream" is defined as the equal opportunity for all citizens to become successful through hard work and determination. This guarantee of a better life has inspired many generations of immigrants to move to America in order to be included in the dream. Julia Alvarez, the Latina Leader Award winning author, reflects on her own personal experiences of immigrating and assimilating into American society in her novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. The novel is about the Garcia family’s life in America before and after they fled from the Dominican Republic to escape the tyrannical dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. Alvarez depicts the persistent struggles of racism, inability to find work, cultural identity, and rebellion of which all immigrant families faced while living in America. These struggles as a result can influence one’s perception of the meaning of being an American citizen. Alvarez accomplishes these changing perspectives within the Garcia family by writing the story in a form of a reflection within itself by the characters. The characters share their own perspectives of the meaning of being an American citizen, which indicates that outside influences have shaped each character differently. The Garcia Family 's views of being an U.S. citizen is divided individually based on the

Lena Younger, the head of the family, and the mother of both Walter Lee and Beneatha encounters many struggles while attempting to achieve her American Dream of living an improved lifestyle with her family. Lena wants to own a house with a garden. She says; “I always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the houses down home.” (I.i.53) The Younger family lives in an apartment where Lena is unable to have a garden of her own since she does not have a front or back yard. The Younger family is in financial turmoil, and they cannot afford to invest in a house. While talking to Travis, Lena says; "you know that money we got in the mail this morning...Well—what you think your grandmamma gone and done with that money...she went out and

Utilized ambitious work ethic and integrity to go beyond specific job duties; received MVP award in the Financial Aid Department for excellence in service, and recognized as a top Academic

Margaret Saajjabi has helped her family and had a humongous impact on the community. To start with Margaret Saajjabi has 6 of her own kids and she helps support and raise 19 nephews and nieces. Most of the children are in school because of the Margaret Saajjabi for two reasons. One reason is because she thinks that it is equally important for boys and girls to go to school and the second one is because they can afford it with the help from her. She gives them a lot more food as well because she can afford it and she plenty of money. Margaret Sajjabi also really helps out her community. She has employed 6 guards in her parking lot giving them a job. Along with them she wants to build more shops so that she is able to employ young ladies

The American Dream is indefinable. There is no one set of words or characteristics that the entire population assigns directly to its definition. With the American population consisting of people of various races, ethnicities, ages, classes, and genders, it seems trivial to even attempt to attribute a single definition to the concept of the American Dream. It is this inability however, to be confined within one single meaning, that allows for the American Dream to govern the desires and goals of the large and diverse American population. And, regardless of all of the heterogeneity within society, the American Dream is generally a goal of all American peoples. In examining this idea, I began to think about the specific meanings attributed to the American Dream for different types of individuals. I broadly outlined the American Dream for myself, to represent the belief in hard work as a pathway to success and raising oneself in society. Consequently, this higher position in society allows for the possession of increased amounts of power. My definition however, neglects to take into account the certain other societal constructs that could possibly have a decisive role in how to both define and achieve the American Dream for the wide variety of people who pursue it.

She reported that she worked in home health care administration after graduation before relocating with her family to Atlanta, Georgia. She also worked as an administrator for the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services reviewing cases for services for needy families. She then enrolled in a certification program to certify as a career development facilitator before working as a part-time adjunct instructor for a technical college and a state college in the Atlanta, Georgia area until she started her

American Dream: Noun, the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. That is the definition of the American dream according to Dictionary.com, but the American Dream is more than a definition, but a way of life for many. Millions of immigrants come to our country in search of this “American Dream” including my grandparents but more and more are disappointed. So does the American Dream exist? Has it ever existed or has it all been an illusion?

All of this led her to join the university as a career coach in summer 2008. Today, she supports the postgraduation pursuits of MBA candidates-lending her mentoring style along the way.

" I made high-pitched noises like a crazed animal , trying to scratch out the face in the mirror ." . (Chunk 2 , Paragraph 14 ) In the excerpt " Two Kinds " by Amy Tan , it talked about a little girl , named Jing-mei , who would rebel against her mother because she knew she wasn't going to be a prodigy . Her mother believed in the " American Dream " , but Jing-mei didn't believe in such thing . Her mother left China with nothing , she had lost everything she loved back in China , and she heard about the " American Dream " . In the end , the mother died . She died because her daughter , Jing-mei , had completely ruined her pride and her chance of becoming part of an " American Dream " . Her mother became silent and pale and passed away 28 years later . She performed playing her piano and when her mother passed away she went back to the piece she played at the performance and realized that it was half of a song and when she looked at the other half she realized her mistakes . Not obeying her mother's orders because of a single rebellious , ignorant act . " Two Kinds " uses central conflicts between mother and daughter to develop the theme that anger changes a person in many unknown and unfamiliar ways that one didn't know existed . Firstly , the main conflict are caused in many ways . The problem of / with the mother and Jing-mei is external as shown in paragraph 27 , 'When my mother told me this , I felt as though I had been sent to hell . I whined , and then kicked my feet a

Emily Murphy is a Canadian heroine people greatly respect. Emily Murphy was born on March 14, 1868 in Cookstown, Ontario. She later married Arthur Murphy, an Anglican priest. They had 4 children together. Emily was introduced to the politics due to her family being on the more “well-off” side compared to other families. Emily learned in a private school, which helped her see the liberal view in life. It opened the doors to the political world.

Brenda received her Bachelor’s in Business Administration (summa cum laude) from Nichols College in 2014. She has attended

Christina graduated from High School in 2007, where she then attended Middle Tennessee State University to obtain her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. However, over time having a passion for working with the elderly became a new career interest. Presently, Christina is a graduating senior at Tennessee State University, majoring in Health Care Administration and Planning. Upon graduating in December 2016, she plans to apply the Administrator-In-Training (AIT) program at National Healthcare Corporation (NHC) so that she can eventually become a Director of an Assisted Living Facility.

Barbara Ehrenreich, in her anthologized article “The (futile) American Dream” Published and they say I say, takes her readers through her preparation to join the corporate world. AS I read the article, I couldn’t help but think critically About Her subject, the diminishing white collar job market. Many things Stood out to me, But one thing in the article remain unignorable, the negative self-talk. As I summarize, please note all the times the author allows her negative attitude towards corporate America detract from her main goal, to write from the perspective of a corporate worker.

She had just completed her MBA from Harvard Business School in June 2009 and had various job opportunities to choose from; including the US office of an Israeli high-technology equipment firm and a major advertising firm in New

Annelise Larson is a passionate Organization Development (OD) professional who obtained her Master of Business Administration degree from Saint Thomas University in 2011 (A. Larson, personal communication, October 8, 2014). She has been employed by Tennant Company, a global manufacturer of industrial and commercial