The American Dream: Intellectual Analysis

Life is made up of guidelines that one must live up to. Growing up as an undocumented immigrant in the U.S., I found out that the rules I had known in El Salvador were non-existent here in the US. I found out that if I wanted to become somebody in America, I had to act, and live as Americans do. Not only that, I had to do it better than anybody else because from the start, I was already behind. To be able to live up to the standard of the American Dream, I had to overcome a series of academic, social and political barriers. Barriers that have not discourage me from achieving my dreams but instead have only amplified my aspirations. To become successful in the United States, one has to be able to speak English as easily as one breathes air. For me, coming from a foreign country, learning this new language was not an easy task. When I first came to the US, I was the lowest ranked student in my class. My teachers struggled to help me because few of them spoke any Spanish. Without any help, I stood out as a black sheep that could not amount to anything academically however I refused to give up. I did not travel 3,000 miles to give up. I traveled to learn, grow, and create a better life for me and my mother. From then on, I did everything I could to learn English so that I could assimilate to the culture. I seeked outside help by …show more content…
My struggles in learning English, assimilating to this culture, and rising from the bottom to the top have become a real example of this quote. And while this quote fits well with my past, I feel that it can equally be applied to foresee my future. As college looms ever closer, the lessons that I experienced learning English are going to have to be used elsewhere. To truly become successful in this country, I will have to continue pushing myself to learn the rules of the game and to become the best person that I can