Blog 2

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.