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The American Dream in The Lost Beautifulness and The Gilded Six-BitsThe America Dream is defined in general as a inhalation of a land that is better richer for everyone based on accomplishment and opportunity. This dream is usually sought after by the great unwashed who have been deprived of their genial and human values. People who have not been able to achieve this dream based on restrictions of their situations that plague their lives. These situations can be different for everyone, race, sex, handicap, etc. My doubtfulness is this goal obtainable? To me there is one intimacy that powers this dream a desire to be of higher class, socially and financially. The one thing that drives this monster conceit of the American dream has always been around since the beginning of time. In The Lost Beautifulness by Anzia Yezierska and The Gilded Six-Bits by Zora Neale Hurston this power is the source of main conflict in these stories. Money it all comes down to cash, no matter what you t hink the American dream is the true definition is money. Money plays the biggest role in society no matter where you be, you either have it or you dont. People come to America because it is the richest country in the world. In my comparison of these stories you will see what money does to cause conflict with Hanneh Hayyeh and Joe. The American dream can be categorized into some definitions, but behind them all one thing stands MONEY.There are similarities when comparing these two stories, similarities that go back to the main problem with the American dream money. Both Hanneh and Joe cute a piece of the pie. They both(prenominal) precious to feel like the hurrying class weather it was a painted white kitchen or gold teeth. Hannehs urge to be like the upper class is shown through this quote it had been Hanneh Hayyehs ambition to have a white-painted kitchen exactly like that in the old Stuyvesant Square mansion (Yezierska 1253). This urge to be like Mrs. Preston was pushed by m oney she wanted to have a white kitchen like the one in the mansion. Hanneh had the American dream on her mind she wanted to have something to prove. Hanneh wanted to prove to everyone that a Russian immigrant could also have the American dream to have money and nice things. All that Hanneh wanted to do was to have something nice for her son, something that he could come home and enjoy after being at war for so long. Althou... ...ey were eluded to think that it was worth everything and got tricked in return. Hanneh though lost everything and thrown onto the street, Joe lost the only thing he lived for his pride of Missie. In conclusion The American Dream for Hanneh and Joe were both plagued by the one thing they didnt have, money. Money stands in the way of many things for many people. You have to have money to make money, and you need to be someone to know someone. Hanneh and Joe had many more similarities than differences in my opinion. They both wanted to be rich and have things that only the upper class can have. The American dream for both of them was to be something that they were not I used these two characters from these two stories because I believe that they got cheated in the same way. They both wanted so bad for people to respect them and to maybe get a piece of that dream pie. In the end the American dream is not a dream, it is a classification of the sloshed the higher class. This dream will always be sought after by the little man, and will always be true for the rich man. Hanneh and Joe are prime examples of the outcome of dreaming. I guess if you want money you have to dream.