The New American Dreamers

By the phrase "The American Dreamers"  Ruth Sidel means teenaged Americans especially girls who are doing their high school. They are futuristic and optimistic. They hope for a better future and some of them are so sure that a happy future is waiting for them. Ruth found women full of hopes and dreams both for personal and professional lives while interviewing young women in the US. Those women are from upper-middle-class families, middle-class families, working-class, and even poor families. 

She talks to 16 years old Beth Conant, 15 years old Amy Morrison, 19 years old Jacqueline Gonzalez, 17 years old woman, 18 years Hispanic woman who is already a mother and 18 years old Simone Baker who is a drug addict. Despite being in a very weak situation to make their wishes true they dream of a good future.

The major aspects of the American Dream that Sidel discusses in her write-up are the young American women are planning seriously, thoughtfully, and forthrightly for the future. They are confident, out-going, knowledgeable, and involved. Regardless of their background, they know what they want in their life in the future. They are futuristic and they set out for a different form of self-realization to make their life rich and happy. The young women are trying to take control of the workplace and in their private lives. They have understood it well that having control over life is to plan for better future in an optimistic attitude. 

Sidel addresses the questions of how realistic these women’s chances are of actually achieving the American Dream. She maintains that young American women from all social classes, ethnic groups, and geographical areas have the same dream for the future: being able to control their own personal and professional destiny and achieving material success. Despite American women’s optimistic view of hard work, the chances to accomplish what they want are limited for many of them.