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Behold the Dreamers 

The event in the story that we chose was where Jende gives up after being fired from being a chauffeur. The reason that this is so important to the story is because Jende, from the beginning of the book, was always trying to pursue the American Dream. He never gave up and tried to keep fighting to stay in America. However, here we see how he does not fight, but instead gives up and Neni becomes the only one trying to fight this. Jende had completely given up which he had never done before. 

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Cynthia “Cindy” Edwards passed away this weekend at her New York City home.

Cindy Edwards is survived by her loving husband of 15 years, Clark. The two were married in the Hamptons in 1993.

Cindy Edwards is lovingly remembered by her two sons, Vince and Mighty Edwards.

Cynthia enjoyed spending time with her friends, tennis, and attending grand events. The funeral will be held this Sunday evening at 11 in the morning. The service will be held at Redden Funeral home. A reception will take place at her favorite lunch spot, Le CouCou.

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Mo Money Mo Problems 

Kelly price sings, “I don't know what they want from me, It's like the more money we come across, The more problems we see”. The Jongas and the Edwardses both have their fair share of problems. However, as the Jongas set their sights on America, they dreamed of a more comfortable life. Neni even enjoyed shopping with her friend in New York. As the Jongas grew closer to the Edwardses, they witnessed the problems money can inflict. Clark is a workaholic, Cindy has issues with drugs and alcohol, Vince hates his parents and their/his elite culture, and Mighty is enduring all of this at his young age.

On the other hand, despite the song’s chorus, the verses of Mo Money Mo Problems feature very little disadvantages to being wealthy. A majority of the lyrics depict a glamourous lifestyle, one filled with money and luxury that the Edwardses never seem to lose despite the market crash. “Ten years from now we’ll still be on top.” The upper class is confident they’ll remain unaffected (so long as those they depend on--like the Edwardses depending on the Jongas--are taking the blow).

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Social classes are something prone in the United states. However, that being said, social classes should not be a real thing. The united states is divided into three sections, lower class, middle class, and upper class. No matter how hard you work as a lower class member or how hardly you work in the upper class, you will remain based on your income. Social classes shouldn't base or describe your entire life considering some have more opportunities than others. 

For example, not everyone has the chance to pursue in their education such as those who are undocumented. Undocumented individuals aren't easily allowed access into college, meanwhile upper class citizens are easily involved in pursuing their education. Factors like these make it nearly impossible to move up a social class. Social classes is an equivalent definition of citizen privilege. This gives those who are striving for a better lifestyle from other countries nearly no chance of being extremely successful.

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People in higher social class have an exaggerated belief that they are better than others:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190520093452.htm

I chose this article morally because it relates a lot to our theme of social class. A huge problem in the United States is how careless those of higher class are. Most of them believe that they are better than everybody else and that the problems in the corrupt environment of the United States doesn’t really matter to them morally because it doesn't affect them. For example, those who are Trump supporters are mostly those of wealth who accuse immigrants to be stealing all of their money and work when in reality those of wealth spend their time not doing much due to their success. My favorite part of this article is how they clearly state that those who are in a higher class believe that they are the prime citizens of the U.S. 

It is also extremely common for those who are born into a higher class family, to remain in a higher class family when those who are traveling to the U.S for better living conditions usually strive to work their way up to the higher class. They believe their higher class determines they capability of everything when in reality, it does. However, for a country that stresses their equality, this isn’t fair to those who are depending on connections (such as education or a successful job) to work their way up to a higher class.

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Our theme really ties with our book because the book is based all on the American Dream. Immigrants from other countries come to the United States because they believe that they will have better living conditions. In the United States, there is lower class, middle class, and higher class which determines what state of economy you are in. What people don't understand is that we live in a very privileged country where our poverty levels aren't as low as those in other countries. For example, in Mexico, the poverty is extremely bad and if you have no money you have no choice to starve meanwhile in the United States, when you are consider poverty, you have access to places such as a homeless shelter, free meal organizations, and urgent health care if you really need it. 

This proves my point of how privileged our country is and how class has a lot to do with Behold the Dreamers. Someone from a country with lack of human resources will affect the state of life you live in the United States. When you come from being in poverty in a country that is not the U.S, it’s even harder to get on a good financial/economical level in the United States considering the economy here requires high expectations. Just like in the book, the author explains the difficulty of getting back on track or even making it to the United States for a better life.

Another example of interdependency in this book would be how accomplishing things really requires you to either fully depend on yourself or expect something from others. For an example, many Mexican immigrants rely on other people to risk their lives a citizenship just to get them to cross the border.. (Such as hiding in the back of an American citizens trailer to cross the border). Another way that interdependency isa prime factor in this book is the fact that you are able to determine your future generations lifestyle. Whether you want to live the American Dream or not, making a big step like this will heavily determine how future relatives live.. (such as either living in horrible poverty or being successful with the american dream).

Whether someone wants to take upon a task themselves, or rely on someone else to get them to a better lifestyle, it is all for better living conditions. Those in the united states take the social class systems for granted because in other countries it is much worse. The American Dream within social classes and Interdependency has also been proven to be a lie multiple times. No matter how bad you or the author of behold the dreamers wanted it, it will always depend on the corruptness of the united states system.