The Legacies of The American Empires Led to Immigrant Oppression From the very beginning of the book, The Dreams of Two Yi-min, it can be said that there is a deep connection between the image of the “American dream” and wealth. For example, as the author puts it, “In the beautifully furnished sitting room, with bronze-trimmed chests and scenic scrolls on the walls, he informed them that he knew of an unparalleled opportunity for their daughters to become rich if they married bachelors living in Hawaii” (Pai, 1). Right off the bat, the author shows that her mother came from a very nice background, a place with wealth. Clearly, she would not have needed to leave to be well provided for, yet she did. While it may seem counterintuitive to leave…show more content… While the Venetian blind dealers in town chopped down prices lower and lower in the stiff competition for orders, D. Kwon & Co. sold the Poinciana Draperies at high enough prices to cover costs of production with a reasonable profit” (Pai, 117). Her father had finally seen the success he had been dreaming of. He had started on the road of making decent money and turning over a profit. Something he had put years and years of effort into was budding fruit and no longer could it be called a failure. Although Pai doesn’t go into an extremely deep explanation, this seems to be the point in her father’s life where he truly shined for what he had been putting together for so many years. With these tales of success, it could be argued that the lack of clarity involving the pressure of the legacy of the Americas aren’t that important. It can give what is promised to those who put in effort. Yet, that’s not always the case. There are many, many more people who have been dragged down into obscurity. For every case such as Kwon where the dream, at least for a time, is met, there are an uncountable number of people who were robbed of the chance to ever experience such
