https://padlet.com/jjoiner9/tr1pgpdofb7sma8j Is the American Dream attainable for all Americans? en-us 2020-09-15 11:55:22 UTC 2020-09-15 14:05:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jjoiner9/tr1pgpdofb7sma8j/wish/747815613 1. "King of the Bingo Game" by Ralph Ellison.
2. The protagonist is unnamed, he is from South Carolina. He is African American. He didn't have a birth certificate. His wife, Laura, is sick. They're broke.
3. His idea of the American Dream is being able to make sure his wife can get better.
4. He pursues this dream by trying to win Bingo every night.
5. He can't get a job because he can't get a birth certificate. He tries to stay in a trance of winning, and so he gets the cops called on him.
6. He isn't successful. He won the money, but they punched him and refused to give him the prize money.
7. The author was trying to show the American Dream can only be achieved by certain people. It's not permanent- you can win and then lose it in a second.

-Bella, Beca, and Kate]]> 2020-09-15 13:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jjoiner9/tr1pgpdofb7sma8j/wish/747815613 https://padlet.com/jjoiner9/tr1pgpdofb7sma8j/wish/747815813 The main characters name is junior. He is an enthusiastic boy who loves his dog. He lives in an Indian Reserve. His family is poor. His ideal of the American dream is to live without being hungry and to have a happy, healthy dog. He brainstorms jobs to help pay for his dogs seizures. One big obstacle he faces is he is always hungry, he lives in an Indian Reserve, and he was born into a generation of poor people. No, he has not achieved his version of the American Dream in this passage. The overall message he shows is it doesn’t always work out. He supports and believes in it, but not for him. He doesn’t have the opportunities to make money for himself. 

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