https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e 1. What is the "American dream"? Do you think it exists/is possible? 2. How does this affect immigration to the US? en-us 2021-10-10 19:32:10 UTC 2022-04-19 22:55:18 UTC hello@padlet.com simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/1793395121 Angela and Leen Albaka, two Syrian girls, have always wished to attend college in the US and in the end, move to America. This was their version of the American Dream. However, immigration comes with hardships such as being denied into the US, but they never gave up and are still hopeful to get in at some point in their lives.]]> 2021-10-05 15:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/1793395121 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133555615 Malaka, part-Filipino and part-Egyptian, is the daughter of immigrants who have unfulfilled dreams that they project on their daughter. Malaka learns to grow up as an American as well as an immigrant and sees the world through the different cultures she knows.]]> 2022-04-06 23:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133555615 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133558096 This caricature shows how the American Dream is crumbling (was it ever there?). People are trying to cross, but it's risky to get to the other side (US).]]> 2022-04-06 23:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133558096 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133559627 16 year-old Fabiola and her mother try to emigrate from Haiti to New York, but her mom gets denied whereas Fabiola is able to go to Detroit and live with her aunt and cousins. Her family does not properly welcome her and she feels lonely. She starts to find footing in America, but something dangerous will burst her American Dream.]]> 2022-04-06 23:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133559627 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133561019 The Best We Could Do is a graphic memoir of Thi Bui's parents' lives fleeing from Vietnam. It talks about the Vietnam war and their immigration to the US. ]]> 2022-04-06 23:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133561019 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133562116 The poll is talking about what is the most important in the "American Dream." It's interesting to see that most people believe having personal freedom is more important than having basic needs met. ]]> 2022-04-06 23:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133562116 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133562675 The Great Gatsby is set in New York in the 1920s and, although the book does not represent diverse authorship, it does represent what the American Dream started out as. The novel is about wealthy Jay Gatsby who throws lavish parties on his estate in Long Island and falls in love with Daisy Buchanan. However, when he dies nobody shows up for his funeral.]]> 2022-04-06 23:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133562675 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133564444 Dear Martin is about a black teenager named Justyce who tries to save his ex-girlfriend from drunk driving and roughly gets arrested. He then writes letters to MLK to ask why these racist situations still happen in the US and how (un)true the American Dream is.]]> 2022-04-06 23:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133564444 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133565573 Sick Boy is about the different characteristics and traits people have in the US. It talks about the negative traits as well, which are usually glossed over. They compare the east and the west coast to each other.]]> 2022-04-06 23:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133565573 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133568956 American Dream talks about how becoming famous and Hollywood is not what it seems. In general, the American Dream seems unachievable and MKTO warns people that the "American Dream" does not exist anymore (if it ever did).]]> 2022-04-06 23:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133568956 simoessr https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133570153 She is talking about how the American Dream has evolved. Many parents believe their children will not be as well off as they were, which should not be a cause for alarm in Martin's perspective. Her take on the American dream is that "The biggest danger is achieving a dream that you don't actually believe in."]]> 2022-04-06 23:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/simoessr/v1k2ye9mer29mf5e/wish/2133570153