I think that in most families today, the dream of "class jumping" has been taught to, by parents, their children. I know that my parents, who I know love me and want nothing but my hapiness, would like to see me jump to the upper class. This meant that college is necessary and if i were to fail out of college, they would be greatly dissapointed. I feel that I yearn to graduate college not necessarily for my own increase of pay but for the fear of dissapointing my parents.
I think that Polyestra's story shows how that in the dire attempts to jump up in class, one can lose everything. Her parents strived to apart of the upper class in such a way that in doing so they lost everything. Though they did eventually gain the wealth they had so long desired, they eventually lost everything because of this new gained wealth. Spending and buying everything without saving anything. The economy is too unstable for anyone to not save, thinking only of the present, losing sight of the future.
To many Americans, the American Dream is infact jumping ahead in class, in hopes of being like every rich star on TV. Having all the things one desires is not the American Dream to me, but i guess that is the beauty of the American Dream. The American Dream is whatever the individual wants it to be.
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