It all depends on which American Dream you're talking about.
When I Google the American Dream, a website defines it as "...the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone."
This isn't true. It just isn't.
In a perfect world, the dream itself doesn't change, but the rules we have in place to keep specific groups of people lower than others do. I personally believe it can't. I do think it is achievable without hard work; specifically if you aren't a minority, and born into a rich family. But, this is just my personal opinion.
Answer: The answer is below.
Comparing:
Both of the themes from these excerpts are about how you can be able to learn despite differences in yourself from others.
Contrasting:
The theme of <em>The Story of My Life</em> by Helen Keller is that you are able to do anything you put your mind to, even if you are physically impaired in some way.
The main theme in the excerpt of <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>, is that you can learn how to do things even if you are of a different ethnic background.
In other words, the main character in the story are different in different ways (one is blind, the other was of a different ethnicity)
These two excerpts talk about the terrible problems people in Central America are living day in and day out. Violence, crime and corruption are common in that part of the world. The right answer is letter B. They both describe situations in which people are expected to commit crimes or face violence.
<span>30) The function of the word flocking as it is used in this sentence is shown here:
D) It is called a participle and it functions as an adjective in this sentence.The sentence stands as a nice example of how participle phrase adds description to the sentence. The media specialist smiled when he saw the eager students flocking <span>to the area with the latest bestsellers. The highlighted part of the sentence contains objects and modifiers that completes the thought which is a direct characteristic of a participle.</span></span>
