How To Achieve The American Dream

Since I’ve returned from the war, everything has just seemed positive! The government recently passed the GI Bill for soldiers returning from the war, just like me, so I can get a house or something in the suburbs of Chicago. It’s a small town named Glenview, it seems to be beautiful. Since we live in such an isolated area I suppose you haven’t ever been to a city… Well in cities there are suburbs and a suburb is a neighborhood outside of a city with loads of houses. There looks like a lot of them are being built around here. It's been nice owning a home. I’ve been using what I have been earning from my job to buy a new car and add a pool to my house. Once I make those big purchases I think I will have finally achieve the American Dream. The American Dream is that I can achieve prosperity and success if I work hard. …show more content…
He's an African American and it's been a real hard time with returning from the war. He can’t get a house in Glenview because people there don’t want African Americans there. He can’t even buy a house though because the state won't give the benefits of the GI bill to him for some reason. He thinks its all discrimination, and I agree since lots of African Americans are facing similar segregation and discrimination issues. People don’t even wanna eat at the same place as African Americans, use the same entrances as African Americans, or even hire African Americans. I even heard about some African American boys coming back from the war getting roughed up. However, the President did just desegregate the military, so maybe we’re making some progress on African Americans getting access to the American