Stephen Cruz

Stephen Cruz’s essay is written very well and states his perspective on the American Dream. To Mr. Cruz the problem with the American Dream is that it “is not governed by education, opportunity, and hard work, but by power and fear”. The problem is that the higher up you go in an organization; you lose more of the dream. You must “fall in line” to succeed and achieve that ultimate dream. I personally believe that this is not completely true. People in the world can achieve their American Dream with hard work and determination. Being smart and using your brain to out think and outwit your competition to obtain your goal is required. You do not however have to sink to the level of following a certain path that the upper management supposedly requires. You use your own strategies to succeed. Achieving your goal is not as hard as Cruz makes it seem.