The American dream has long been defined as the basic ideals for Americans to believe in such as freedom, equality, and opportunity for an American to achieve life but over the years that has changed for many people. “...USA Today calculated that subsidizing the American Dream costs approximately $130,000 annually, meaning the dream is only within reach for about 1 in 8 American families...I hope these numbers show us something else: the American Dream as we know it is dead, and good riddance” (The Daily Beast Online). This dream once meant a great deal to the everyday American person but has been lost over the years due to the damage we’ve caused in our society. This still had a meaning to two great individuals that are the beautiful and
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Nikki Giovanni is considered by people one of the finest poets of the Civil Rights movement (Authors Online). Nikki Giovanni has always been described as a strong woman since she was young and was a very well-known African American female poet who wrote not only for African Americans but for the women and girls of color who could learn life isn’t that hard and that you just have to be strong (Authors Online). Nikki Giovanni had great pride unlike most people nowadays. Nikki Giovanni has always been a person with a great deal of pride since she was a young child because she had her own personality and with that personality she had her own rules which caused her to sort of get her kicked out of school (Authors Online). Giovanni’s upbring was a very happy one. Since a young child she had her strong-willed personality that she got from her older sister and grandmother who she looked up to (Authors Online). When it came down to Nikki Giovanni’s family life she lived the basic American dream: had a husband and a son. One thing that Nikki surely defied the odds with when it came to being a wife and mother is that she was not going to stay home and not do anything. She believed that she will still follow under her own rules and work a job which was uncommon during that time (Authors Online). Mrs. Giovanni was an interesting character with her “I create my own rules attitude” that defined her and made her such a great role model for young African American women and girls at the time and shows that she lived her American dream and made others pursue their
Nikki Giovanni is considered by people one of the finest poets of the Civil Rights movement (Authors Online). Nikki Giovanni has always been described as a strong woman since she was young and was a very well-known African American female poet who wrote not only for African Americans but for the women and girls of color who could learn life isn’t that hard and that you just have to be strong (Authors Online). Nikki Giovanni had great pride unlike most people nowadays. Nikki Giovanni has always been a person with a great deal of pride since she was a young child because she had her own personality and with that personality she had her own rules which caused her to sort of get her kicked out of school (Authors Online). Giovanni’s upbring was a very happy one. Since a young child she had her strong-willed personality that she got from her older sister and grandmother who she looked up to (Authors Online). When it came down to Nikki Giovanni’s family life she lived the basic American dream: had a husband and a son. One thing that Nikki surely defied the odds with when it came to being a wife and mother is that she was not going to stay home and not do anything. She believed that she will still follow under her own rules and work a job which was uncommon during that time (Authors Online). Mrs. Giovanni was an interesting character with her “I create my own rules attitude” that defined her and made her such a great role model for young African American women and girls at the time and shows that she lived her American dream and made others pursue their