The American Dream
What is it that keeps humans focused, giving them something to strive for in their live? It is the American dream. The definition of it is the ideal that every person should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. It is such a simple question, yet so complex in describing an ideal life because every person has a different perspective of it. There are many different achievements that people would define as being successful. For some, its wealth and power, and for others, true love and happiness. The American dream of Azar Nafisi’s, the author of "Vagabond Nation," was to become an American citizen. She was instantly intrigued by the concept of it when she first heard about it as a child, and worked hard to …show more content…
She conveys it through the way her sentences are worded. Nafisi became a citizen a many years after she started living there (Nafisi 363). It shows how determined she was to become an American citizen. Nafisi also seems to enjoy her fantasy and wonders what got her wanting to achieve that goal. Judging by her tone, she seems to be intrigued by American literatures that speak about following the heart and doing what makes a person content. “The more I read of American books, the more I encountered other characters who seemed to be subversives, but compassionate, trusting their own instincts and experiences (Nafisi 363). She fell in love with the thought of it and set out to do so herself. Nafisi again displays that love to the audience when she states that "years before I became an American, I had already made my home in the imaginary America" (Nafisi 364). She found the thought of becoming an American aspiring and that is what motivated her to do so. The author’s tone of the article does marvelous in capturing the reader’s attention to help set the persuasions in motion, without the reader even realizing
What is it that keeps humans focused, giving them something to strive for in their live? It is the American dream. The definition of it is the ideal that every person should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. It is such a simple question, yet so complex in describing an ideal life because every person has a different perspective of it. There are many different achievements that people would define as being successful. For some, its wealth and power, and for others, true love and happiness. The American dream of Azar Nafisi’s, the author of "Vagabond Nation," was to become an American citizen. She was instantly intrigued by the concept of it when she first heard about it as a child, and worked hard to …show more content…
She conveys it through the way her sentences are worded. Nafisi became a citizen a many years after she started living there (Nafisi 363). It shows how determined she was to become an American citizen. Nafisi also seems to enjoy her fantasy and wonders what got her wanting to achieve that goal. Judging by her tone, she seems to be intrigued by American literatures that speak about following the heart and doing what makes a person content. “The more I read of American books, the more I encountered other characters who seemed to be subversives, but compassionate, trusting their own instincts and experiences (Nafisi 363). She fell in love with the thought of it and set out to do so herself. Nafisi again displays that love to the audience when she states that "years before I became an American, I had already made my home in the imaginary America" (Nafisi 364). She found the thought of becoming an American aspiring and that is what motivated her to do so. The author’s tone of the article does marvelous in capturing the reader’s attention to help set the persuasions in motion, without the reader even realizing