Personal Narrative: Going To America

Many people come to America with the dream of finding a good job and providing a better future for themselves and their family. But they don’t think of all the hardships they’ll be facing. Everything is completely different from where they came from. For instance, in the book they moved to Chicago from Lithuania and they struggled to live here because everything was so different from what they know, and that’s why they find it so difficult to be successful. The way they envisioned America to be was not the reality of

The truth is America is not a dream for everyone. I don’t think America was a dream for everyone. America wasn’t always the land of opportunity for everyone. Langston Hughes says “let it be the dream it used to be.”

The United States of America is a special place to live in. The country was brought up with the thought of endless possibilities for success in mind. It is a place where almost everyone has a chance to become something. America, of course, depends on the choices made and how one applies themself. If an important opportunity arises, one must realize that they must be sedulous in order to persevere.

I'm always with my parents when I was little and always wanted their attention. We still have 10 minutes till the food would be ready so my brother and I started to play tag. I was “it” and was chasing down my little brother. I saw him the middle of the hallway and right away I started to chase him.

The first eight years of my life, I spent in India where I was born. Growing up I was constantly reminded by my parents that I needed to make them proud by getting a good job and living a good lifestyle. They told me this because they did not want to see me live a hard life like they did. When I was nine years old, I moved from India to the United States of America. The reason why I moved to America was not because I was living a bad life in India, it was so that I could have a better education and more opportunities in life.

I was planning on surprising my sister. “BOO!!” I yelled as I jumped out scaring my whole family, except my sister who I forgot was still

I’ve been dreaming about America since I was a child. I’d read everything about America I could find in our Barnaul libraries. And here it was, my lucky star shined on me finally. “Well, one couple, Jane and Jack, took me to their home.

So one evening, at my aunt’s townhouse backyard in Petaluma, CA- my sister, my cousin, my other cousin and her husband, saw the opportunity to

After their long pause they finally said that we were going to Mexico! A bunch of questions started coming out of my sister and I. Like “When are we going?”, “What are we going to be doing there?’, and so many more. As they answered are many questions, we listened attentively. Fast forwarding to April as we were getting ready to leave to the airport, excitement and nerves rushed through my body. When we got to the airport we hurried to security, then to a terminal where we waited.

I just got done waking up. I go downstairs to eat breakfast. While eating breakfast, I heard my uncle talking going swimming in Yankton. We decided to go to Yankton because there were a party and it is somewhere public where you can swim. So my uncle told us all to get ready.

The ideal of “The American Dream” is becoming a thing of the past. In the last century the world has witnessed some of the most devastating events in human history, including the Holocaust and World Wars I and II. Often in these times of hardship America’s ideals have given hope to those living in oppression. Many immigrants viewed America as a land of opportunity, where you could build a better future. Whether that means finding a good paying job, starting a business, or providing your children a better life.

This dream has attracted millions of immigrants from all over the world who have in turn created their own imprints on the country through art, business and culture. Many have left countries paralyzed by broken political systems, brutal government and stupefying bureaucracies. In these countries opportunity is limited and success is not related to hard work and talent. The American Dream is known throughout the world as it is propagated by popular culture and success stories from friends and family of people who have moved to the United States.

and I were at our grandma’s house when the cops told my mom, so she called our grandma and she took us home. Everyone was there crying. The 3 of us (my sister, my brother, and me) didn’t

IF I COULD LIVE IN AMERICA If i could live in America i will be a lot of things to do. America is the country that i love since i was a little kid, because i liked a lot of things in America such as food, lifestyle, atmosphere, national security, the weather’s and manymore. I liked the food in America because the food is tempting meal as hot dog, pai apple, pizza, french fries, hamburger, steak, macaroon, taco and ice cream sundae.

Because I am an only child, my parents wanted me to at least have some other children to play with me when I was bored, so my cousins usually came during the summer. However, I didn’t like them very much, so I preferred to play by myself, and not interact with them. Anyway, it was summer, and my cousins had come over to our house to play. They were being annoying as always; but, then again, when you 're young, you tend to exaggerate on everything. I was downstairs, with my mom.