Painting By Joseph Kaliher And Let America Be America Again

What exactly is the “American Dream”? The American Dream is a set of ideals that say through hard work you can achieve success with little to no obstacles on your path. It's also a concept of living in a nice house with a white picket fence along with your significant other and your children, a girl and a boy. The definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931 was "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement". Although I have to ask, is the American Dream fact or fiction, a reality or a dream? There are two pieces, The American Dream a painting by Joseph Kaliher and “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes, That point out controversial issues within these set of ideals. The American Dream is a biased opportunity and not true by any means because it does not

Many immigrants migrate to the USA to get a chance at the American Dream. They come to the land of the free inorder to make a successful living for themselves and their families. The oil painting by Joseph Kaliher is a gold mine for controversies in the American Dream. At the bottom left corner you can see what seems like a Native American’s skull that looks to be shedding a single blood-tear. This is a historical allusion that points out the immoral acts that were heartless and dangerous done to the population that was already there. As you move to the right you'll see a sickle and a hammer stabbing a heart. The sickle and hammer reference to the Soviet flag and what it represents. The Soviet union and their ideals of communism were striking fear in the hearts of americans because “Communism was an ideal that