A will to survive in America

Throughout the stories, the main topic of interest was to be successful and to live in luxury. One way to achieve this life was through money. Even though the wages that characters earned in the story was unimaginable to our current cost of living. They seemed to be able to continue to live and continue to fight to achieve their dream. There were orphans, beggars, and foreigners in the story and all had little or no support emotionally or economically, expect their will to fight to achieve their dream. The odds were against them in every way as they were a minority, but they were still able to achieve their dream. As I was reading these stories I was consumed by a questions, “why is homelessness so prevalent in America?” to be more specific why in Richmond? The condition to work now is greater than what was before, and the government even supports homeless and unemployed. I understand there might be emotional instability, but that shouldn’t be an excuse. People from other countries come to America for opportunities to find jobs and education and there are people who achieve their dreams.