Boulevard Of The Broken American Dreams Analysis

Analysis of the Boulevard of the Broken American Dreams
The way we express our ideas and thoughts is very important. By stating our ideas in different ways, we can make negative, positive, realistic, unrealistic, clear or vague viewpoints and images about the subject being discussed for our audiences. So as a writer, we may play a significant role in forming other people’s opinions about a subject. In the “Boulevard of the Broken American Dreams” the writer has not done a good job in some parts to convince the readers and make them believe that the American dream is indeed broken or unattainable.
First of all, I think the writer is ignoring some outstanding benefits that are assigned to low and middle-class people by the U.S. government. In …show more content…
The writer does not give any background information regarding Kevin Jennings’ quote and only says, “a young Kevin Jennings.” Besides, the writer does not introduce the resource properly and merely suffices to state the book’s name. It would be better if the readers were given more information, so they could make a stronger connection with the subject. Also, while the paragraph discusses homosexuals facing so many problems in the way of achieving their dreams, the writer brings a big quotation from Kevin Jennings about the solution to the problems of homosexuals that weakens his argument and may make the readers think the quotation is irrelevant and does not fit in the paragraph. Indeed, it would be clearer if the writer put that quotation in a separate paragraph and that talked more about the solutions to the problems that prevent homosexuals from being equal to other people. Furthermore, as stories are more attractive and understandable, it would be better if the writer used a story of a person who failed to succeed because of their sexual orientation. Not only would that strategy make his paragraph clearer, but also