Essential Question: Native American

The American Dream does offer hope, yet it seems to be human nature to desire something so much that man becomes afraid that he will not achieve the same Dream as everyone else; and when this fear begins, man becomes intolerant of others because he does not want them to “get” what he is afraid he will not have. When we consider the Native Americans, the first American, such as Angel DeCora in Angel DeCora an Autobiography, hope is ironically offered to Angel by the white men when she is taken away from her village and sent to a place where she could receive a better education. Though this is a different way to provide hope to someone, Angel is being offer a better future, but is also creating intolerance for the white man in her village. After being taken from her home Angel’s parents and family members being to despise the white man and their society. Though they are seeing the opportunities that are being offered to Angel, they are simultaneously becoming intolerance of the white man, because they are not being offered the same Dream. The American Dream is a very difficult dream, because while it offers hope to some it also promotes fear of not achieving the same dream, this can occur even among family, like it did in Angel’s family.