The American Dream: The Destruction Of The American Dream

African americans never really had a perfect opportunity to become successful as the American Dream. They always had to fight to obtain respect. The American Dream can be described as cold and life changing. It represents that you've either achieve nothing or achieved becoming something you always wanted. I believe that the american dream is possible for anyone that has a lot of determination because people stop because of obstacles. The “American Dream” has to do with people's materialistic status and how feeling satisfied spiritually is different for everyone when it comes to family. The play is about a family that owns a piano that means the world to some, but means nothing to others.The story consists of an older sister,Bernice and a younger brother, named Boy Willie, these characters are the main characters.. The dilemma started when Boy Willie has a chance to purchase Sutter’s property however Boy Willie does not have enough money to purchase the land so he thinks about asking his …show more content…
The piano has spiritually gained history in the Charles family tree because it's a symbol of all the Charles that were there when the piano was bought, to the last person that died for it. The piano is the best way to save the Charles family history in the chapters of each Charles life because it’s engraved in it to display their history. The only issue with the piano being a spiritual piece is that it carries the ghost that bought it who was Sutter,the Charles family slave master. Bernice explains to Boy Willie that she has not sold the piano because “All this thieving and killing and thieving and killing. And what it ever lead to? More killing and more thieving”(pg. 52). he interprets this as they were killing and thieving happening to get the piano, and she believes Boy Willie killed to get the land and wants to steal the piano to provide for the