Is the “American Dream” a real promise? The illustration ”Scene from the steerage deck” by Frank Leslie, the poem “ The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, and the speech “Addressing the Occasion of the fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt the idea of the “American Dream” is explored. All three sources convey the aspirations of freedom that many immigrants held when they arrived in America.
“An ocean steamer passing the statue of Liberty”
This picture taken by Frank Leslie somewhat reflects the life in america on the opposite side of the “Statue of Liberty” is a darker shade representing happier or more lively in america. The ship that carries the immigrants closer