ties who strive for the American Dream. These minorities are deprived of jobs, and not only that but they are also barred from attaining their dreams. This is the main cause the minorities are held behind. Jews Without Money by Gold, tells us about the immigrant experience and tries to convey that the American dream is a fantasy for the people and in reality it is an American Nightmare- maybe because their lives were worse than they were back in their homelands- and that their hopes were diminished and in many case false hopes. In Passing, Nella Larsen describes the American Dream as a reality, and shows this by saying that people can achieve the dream by passing and sacrificing their past friends and life in general. Whereas the Street Corner Society, shows us struggle within the social structure between two people trying to become more powerful than the other. Therefore, the American Dream is viewed differently by different people and it all depends on the qualities and willingness to take risks....
