While America is a country that runs by retail stores, Nancy prefers to deal drugs than work as a store manager. Nancy represents the average American who don’t believe that the American Dream means hard work and stable life but work in things they like and become rich. Therefore, when Guillermo a Mexican drug dealer buys a store for Nancy to manage while he smuggles drugs in the back of the store, Nancy gets bored of managing the store, for it is not her business so she does not have the interest in caring for it, and the income is not good enough. Guillermo states, “go do your job, go out to the front and smile at the pregnant ladies”, Nancy responds, “it is a lot of pot”, “this is what is all about” (10:26). In other words, Nancy does not
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According to King, planning ahead, and maintaining economy growth are the ways to keep the American Dream alive. King states, “…planning for the future by saving more and enacting policies that sustain economic growth are what will keep the American Dream alive” (616). In short, working hard and preparing for the future, but with economy, growth is the way to keep the American Dream alive. With Weeds help we can see that, people don’t necessarily want to work hard when even a single mom doesn’t want to keep her boring job. Yes, Nancy is a fictional character, but the way she acts raising an important question. Do we all want to work hard to maintain economy growth, and just save for the future? The obvious answer is no, because of that the American Dream can’t include everyone, and when the American Dream can’t include all Americans it is not the American Dream. Moreover, King insists in his article that hard work is the American Dream way, but more we watch Nancy we understand that hard work is not the answer for everyone, and some would prefer to not work so hard. King claims that, if people will work hard they can save for the future; however, Nancy works as a store manager and her income is still not enough to raise a family. For people to save money for the future, and maintains economy growth, companies will have to pay their employees more
According to King, planning ahead, and maintaining economy growth are the ways to keep the American Dream alive. King states, “…planning for the future by saving more and enacting policies that sustain economic growth are what will keep the American Dream alive” (616). In short, working hard and preparing for the future, but with economy, growth is the way to keep the American Dream alive. With Weeds help we can see that, people don’t necessarily want to work hard when even a single mom doesn’t want to keep her boring job. Yes, Nancy is a fictional character, but the way she acts raising an important question. Do we all want to work hard to maintain economy growth, and just save for the future? The obvious answer is no, because of that the American Dream can’t include everyone, and when the American Dream can’t include all Americans it is not the American Dream. Moreover, King insists in his article that hard work is the American Dream way, but more we watch Nancy we understand that hard work is not the answer for everyone, and some would prefer to not work so hard. King claims that, if people will work hard they can save for the future; however, Nancy works as a store manager and her income is still not enough to raise a family. For people to save money for the future, and maintains economy growth, companies will have to pay their employees more