Illusion or Reality?
After reading Between the World and Me , it is clear that one of the most important concepts stressed by Coates is his version of the American Dream that he calls “the Dream”. Throughout American History, there has always been the idea that if someone came to America, they would achieve the “American Dream” . Due to the freedom, opportunity, and equality that is promised, it becomes embedded in the minds of people from other countries, that they could achieve wealth and success. Coates creates his own version of the “American Dream” and decided to call in the Dream; and his version is very different. Throughout the book, Coates stresses that the United States wasn’t founded on opportunity, equality and freedom, but built on the idea of discrimination and injustice towards the African American community. Coates’ contrast between the American Dream and the Dream is expressed through the idea that it is extremely accessible for whites to get, but difficult for Afri