Nebraska College Preparatory Academy

 

Date of this Version

2020

Document Type

Article

Citation

Capstone Project Poster Presentation, College Preparatory Academy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Spring 2020

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Copyright (c) 2020 by the author.

Abstract

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and T.C. Boyle’s The Tortilla Curtain both that immigrating women face gender oppression, poverty, and historical problems in the hopes of a better life. Being at the bottom of the social hierarchy, immigrant women know more than anyone else the desire for the American Dream and the hope of a prosperous family. Though sticking out until the very end for some immigrant women, thanks to social prejudice, the American Dream will stay out of reach. Further research should be done to analyze the consequences of hindering women and their children from the American Dream

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