“American Dreams” by Ralph Flores follows a young man’s dream to further his education and become a bilingual engineer. The young man believes family comes first before any goals, desires, and wishes. The young man’s brother, Roberto, desires to marry a woman named Josefa and during the wedding, Roberto does not have any money to pay for the bootlegger, so the young man gives Roberto all of his college funds. After the young man gives his funds to Roberto, his father asks what the money was for and the young man responds by saying the money was for college. Furthermore, the young man’s father believes it is a waste of time and makes the young man take care of the family and give up on furthering his education. The young man is neither right or wrong about supporting his father’s decision, but his family should have accepted the young man’s wishes to pursue a career in engineering because in every family it is the…show more content… As an example, Because of Roberto’s carefree attitude, Roberto’s family had to pick up the tab on most of his wedding expenses and eventually this interfered with the young man’s wish to further his education and become an engineer, which was the young man’s version of the American Dream. The young man did neither right or wrong by giving Roberto his college funds, but because family is more important than desires, the young man felt as if he did not have a choice in the matter. Although the young man still had the opportunity to attend college after he gave his money to Roberto, the young man’s dream was still crushed and buried by his father. Because Roberto married and left his home, the young man’s father needed him to work for his family in order to sustain the payments to the farm; therefore, the young man felt bad about leaving his family with a heavy