Review Of Larry R. Juchartz's 'The American Dream'

In this world, many immigrants who traveled from different parts of the world came to the United States to seek the American Dream. People may think this country is the land of opportunity, which is a misconception. In the book the American Dream by Larry R. Juchartz reveals the tremendous amount of unfairness immigrants dealt with. In “New York Fire Kills 148: Girl Victims Leap to Death from Factory”, by Chicago Sunday Tribune, reveals that America is the land of lost opportunities considering the events that occurred. For example, the article elaborates about immigrants who arrived in America seeking work in factories, most of them being females. Within the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City on the 26th of March, 1911 came an unexpected fire outburst that killed many workers. These new incoming Americans didn’t complain about their job due to the fear of losing it. These immigrants had expected that if they did their job they would have received better pay (Chicago Sunday Tribune). An abundance of workers were killed, because the owner of …show more content…
The author writes, “He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice” (Stanton and Anthony). In other words, the women shall be subjective under the male’s authority (Stanton and Susan). These women were treated unfairly, because they were considered to be under the male rule. They were under the male rule because, back then women had no worth nor any rights, but to surrender their values to the dominate gender. Women were the male’s peasants. It is injustice for the women to be treated less than what they should be worth. The American Dream is based on having an opportunity, but yet these women didn’t have a voice as they lived in this country. America isn’t really the land of opportunity, but the misconception of it what it necessarily