The American Anti-Myth Analysis

Jean Reynolds is a fifty- seven year-old, who works as a CNA and best illustrates the American Anti-Myth for many reasons. Jean works overtime to support her three children and one of them has Cancer. She earns about $11 per hour and her pay hasn’t increased even though she has worked for the same nursing home for the past 15 years. Later, she had to take custody of two more children. Even though she was able to get some emergency aid from public assistance, she knew that it was temporary. The current peace will soon change into hardships that she will have to face with her kids. As a child she was told about the American dream that if one works hard they will be successful, but it wasn’t the case for Jean, even though she worked very hard. Jean said “I feel cheated out of the American dream.” …show more content…
Jerry’s worked very hard and fought for his rights. After fighting for a long time, his job place decided to add a raise of 25 cents every year. He was really happy for this wage and collected enough money, just to meet his family, which he hadn’t seen in the last nine years. Every changed five months after visiting his family. Jerry lost his job due to a disagreement between him and his boss. At his new job, he is paid $10.15 and at his old job he was paid $12.75 per hour. Jerry said that “It would take me about 8 years to get back to where I was before”. He said “My dreams will come true if I work hard for them, but some people’s dreams get torn