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Essay / The importance of the American dream in the jungle By...
Some time later, Jurgis and his family were amazed by the idea of buying a house. Jokuba suggested they rent space in a guesthouse but the place was very dirty and without any accommodation. The rooms were filled with immigrant families like Jurgis. The space was too small for them to have only a stove and a few mattresses on the floor. Unfortunately, this family was falsely deceived like other immigrants upon their arrival. They were so eager to achieve the American dream that they were rushing and not getting proper information. This idea of becoming a homeowner without sufficient resources seemed very superficial. “Their luck, they thought, had given them the right to think of a home… (Sinclair 33). » It was a large family and the place they got was not entirely comfortable for them. These reasons were not enough for them to rush and spend the money they had brought from Lithuania. They were newcomers to this neighborhood and did not know the language to understand the pros and cons of buying a house. In Lithuania, they lost their home and decided to go on an adventure to America. The decision to leave Lithuania was wrong and very hasty on the part of this family. In their country, they lost almost everything, but they were still together. They came to America in search of a dream that later turned into a nightmare. Their mistake was to take a risk without conceiving the idea of