Fool's Gold Analysis

Fool’s Gold, the Pursuit of the American Dream On January 1, 2017, the last refugee family landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport due to the president’s temporary refugee ban. Similar nativist sentiments had been expressed recently, but were not evident at the airport because hundreds of people came to the airport to welcome and show their support for the foreign family. Currently, the Trump administration is trying to limit the entrance of immigrants, which obviously makes it difficult for those hoping to come to the land of opportunity, but also makes it difficult for immigrants who already live here to not feel marginalized. Due to generalizations and prejudices, the lives of immigrants are agonizing which is also evident in Crisitna Henriquez’s, The Book of Unknown Americans. In the novel, Henriquez uses anecdotes from a community of immigrants in Delaware who find comfort in each other through the conflicts of …show more content…
Sienkewicz also delves into the simple and unlikely beginning of the Rivera relationship but looking back in retrospect, their relationship over time has overcome endless hurdles and uncertainties so it only makes sense that they are able to overcome almost anything, “As Arturo Rivera testifies about his origin story, after his marriage to Alma at a young age, people told them that they were naïve and did not know the ways of the world…However, he counters, they did know: Because the world was to us was each other” (Sienkewicz 103). The Rivera’s relationship is inundated with challenges from Maribel’s accident to Arturo losing his job therefor, their resilience is not a surprise but a testament to the potential for love fail or grow during