Topic > Perspectives on the American Dream in Literature

This is the story of the Burden family, a poor family living on a farm in Yoknapatawpha County. This story, thanks to the numerous characters, gives you a glimpse into each individual's idea of ​​happiness. Each of them has something they are working on and each of them thinks that if they can get what they want, it will bring them happiness. However, if we stop to think about this. In today's society we always want something. We work hard to get what we want, but once we get it, there's something more we keep wanting. Something new, something we don't have and that we will now work hard to get. It is a desire of the Americans. The idea of ​​being able to achieve their own happiness without giving up, even when poverty can have a great impact on them