Foreigner Experiences
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The ôAmerican Dreamö is often cited by immigrants in the U.S. as a primary motive in their coming to America. The ôAmerican Dreamö conveys a certain values and principles like freedom, justice, and economic opportunities, along with a promise of a certain measure of lifestyle that is appealing. The accounts of Al-Marayati and Semeen and Mabry, of the reality of life in America for foreigners, stands in contrast to the images of the ôAmerican Dreamö that acts as a primary motive in pulling many immigrants to American shores. Despite this motive, these authorsÆ storiesÆ show that, for many foreigners, the actual American reality is a far cry from the values and principles conveyed in the ôAmerican Dream.öThe account of the perspective of many Americans toward Muslim women, particularly their fashion as a symbol of repression, in ôAn Identity Reduced to a Burka,ö shows that many foreigners are faced with prejudice and stereotyping in American society. This kind of biased-thinking is so pervasive that even those who are trying
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