People often have their own perspective of the American dream whether if it is to own a huge house and to be as wealthy as possible, or it is just as simple as having a roof over their head, and have a family. The novel The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle is set in Southern California, which illustrates the perspective of two couples, an upper middle class white couple, Delaney and Kyra, and a couple from Mexico who are illegal immigrants. It reveals the struggle of the Mexican couple, Cándido and América as they strive to achieve their own American dream right in America, while the Americans themselves try to get rid of all the illegal immigrants. With this, it causes Cándido and América to face many obstacles just as they strain themselves
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Every morning, Cándido and América eat their breakfast before heading up to the labor exchange to find a job for the day. “They waited till there was a break in the traffic before emerging from the bushes and they kept their heads down and their feet moving as they hurried up the shoulder of the road” (Boyle 131). Cándido and América wanted to hurry acorss thes tree to avoid any immigration police. There was also another incident involving José Navidad and his friend when they came across Arroyo Blanco Estates to escape the canyon fire. José gets into an alteration with Delaney and is under arrest. Everyone start to yell out such insults like, “‘Arsonist!’ somebody shouted. ‘Spic!’ And the crowd erupted in a cacophony of threats and name-calling. ‘Go back to Mexico!’ shouted a man in a sport shirt like Delaney’s, while the woman beside him cried ‘Wetbacks!’ over and over till her face was swollen with it” (Boyle 298). Just how Mexicans were dealing with racism, the Younger family in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry have also dealt with the same issue. When Mama purchased a home in Clybourne Park, a white neighborhood, Mr. Lindner, a representative of the Clybourne Park improvement association, come to the Younger house to have a talk with the family. He explains to them, “I am sure you people must …show more content…
América constantly ponders over the future her and Cándido could have with their little baby while he struggles to find a steady job, “But if Cándido had work they’d have enough money to eat for a week, two weeks maybe, and if they could both find a job–even every second day–they could start saving for an apartment” (Boyle 141). Just as their dream is to live in an apartment instead of outside in the wilderness, Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun has her own goals of becoming a doctor. After George tells Beneatha she was not able to become a doctor, she tells Mama, “Oh, I probably will… but first I’m going to be a doctor, and George for one, still thinks that’s pretty funny. I couldn’t be bother with that. I am going to be a doctor and everybody around here better understand that” (Hansberry 50). Rex from The Glass Castle also had a dream for the family, even though it is the most extravagant goal anyone can ever think of. Jeannette said, “When Dad wasn’t telling us about the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle. All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert” (Walls 25). While his dream of building a Glass Castle was nearly impossible,
Every morning, Cándido and América eat their breakfast before heading up to the labor exchange to find a job for the day. “They waited till there was a break in the traffic before emerging from the bushes and they kept their heads down and their feet moving as they hurried up the shoulder of the road” (Boyle 131). Cándido and América wanted to hurry acorss thes tree to avoid any immigration police. There was also another incident involving José Navidad and his friend when they came across Arroyo Blanco Estates to escape the canyon fire. José gets into an alteration with Delaney and is under arrest. Everyone start to yell out such insults like, “‘Arsonist!’ somebody shouted. ‘Spic!’ And the crowd erupted in a cacophony of threats and name-calling. ‘Go back to Mexico!’ shouted a man in a sport shirt like Delaney’s, while the woman beside him cried ‘Wetbacks!’ over and over till her face was swollen with it” (Boyle 298). Just how Mexicans were dealing with racism, the Younger family in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry have also dealt with the same issue. When Mama purchased a home in Clybourne Park, a white neighborhood, Mr. Lindner, a representative of the Clybourne Park improvement association, come to the Younger house to have a talk with the family. He explains to them, “I am sure you people must …show more content…
América constantly ponders over the future her and Cándido could have with their little baby while he struggles to find a steady job, “But if Cándido had work they’d have enough money to eat for a week, two weeks maybe, and if they could both find a job–even every second day–they could start saving for an apartment” (Boyle 141). Just as their dream is to live in an apartment instead of outside in the wilderness, Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun has her own goals of becoming a doctor. After George tells Beneatha she was not able to become a doctor, she tells Mama, “Oh, I probably will… but first I’m going to be a doctor, and George for one, still thinks that’s pretty funny. I couldn’t be bother with that. I am going to be a doctor and everybody around here better understand that” (Hansberry 50). Rex from The Glass Castle also had a dream for the family, even though it is the most extravagant goal anyone can ever think of. Jeannette said, “When Dad wasn’t telling us about the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle. All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert” (Walls 25). While his dream of building a Glass Castle was nearly impossible,