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@WorkingClassTCU (2/2) The American Dream is hard for them to achieve because they are too deep in poverty and won't accept other's opinions to be able to change their lives.

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@WorkingClassTCU (1/2) This cycle seems to persist because they people are trapped and suffering from abuse, drug addiction, and violence. Their religion has also caused many of them to quit their labor jobs without moving to somewhere with better opportunities.

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@WorkingClassTCU Globalization causes residents who are able to leave to leave and get better job opportunities, while the families who aren't able to leave bring up the rates of drug abuse, violence, etc in the towns that are left.

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@WorkingClassTCU (2/2) believe that the message he is giving off to readers is bad and it is wrong to compare "hillbillies" to the working class of America. I agree with parts of the critics opinions and parts of what Vance has said.

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@WorkingClassTCU (1/2) The American Prospect critics state that Hillbilly Elegy was on the best sellers list for 2 years, and they agree it should be because the story should be told and respected because of the controversial topics included in the text such as drug abuse and poverty. They still

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@WorkingClassTCU This genre affects the way I am reading the texts because they are true stories coming from real people's experiences. When I read McTeague, it was not as emotional to me because the characters and stories were made up, even if someone had ever experienced something similar.

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@WorkingClassTCU After telling many challenging stories such as surviving through his mother's drug addiction, he gave readers the controversial idea that basically there is no hope for the working class, and many people did not like or agree with that.

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@WorkingClassTCU (2/2) They both consider sacrificing their families to achieve their goals.

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@WorkingClassTCU Esperanza is very similar to Sara in Bread Givers because they both want to make a better life for themselves. Esperanza believes that her culture is what is holding her back, while Sara believes it is her father and his choices with money (1/2)

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@WorkingClassTCU Because Mango Street is very diverse, more white people are moving out because they are avoiding people of color. Esperanza's struggles with this differ from the books we have studied so far because this deals with her race and culture rather than just class divisions by money.

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@WorkingClassTCU Esperanza is a romantic who struggles with the stereotypes that come from being Latin American. She is very strong-willed and wishes to change her life and her neighbors lives for the better because they are very impoverished.

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@WorkingClassTCU House on Mango street is a Postmodernist text because it is a coming of age story. It shows the reality of each person rather than romanticizing the story. The main characters are people of color who have much different lives than us reading the novel.

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@MeganPhilbin2 @WorkingClassTCU Reality check is a good term used to describe this time. Many never thought about people in lower class jobs, but this pandemic gives us the ability to notice our privilege now that everyone is currently in the same boat right now having to self-quarantine without going to work.

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@WorkingClassTCU So far we have only focused on white working class such as LITIM, while these texts give us a new perspective on the black working class. This allows us to see the similarities and differences on both ends and compare them to better understand each of their goals and struggles.

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@WorkingClassTCU Unlike Unit 1 readings that focused on achieving the "American Dream" and illustrate hope in a depressing world, these new poems express hopelessness and oppression in problematic society controlled by the wealthy people in power. The black working class had a much tougher path.