STEPHEN CRUZ spoken as an oral history and recorded by Studs Terkel in his book: American Dreams: Lost and Found (1980)
- Does economic success guarantee fulfillment? What are the hidden costs of upward mobility?
- How doe fear of failure coexist with the desire for success?
- What is the impact of gender and ethnicity on chances for economic advancement? Is it a boon, hinderance or no longer an issue?
- At one point does one or can one afford the luxury of questioning one’s values?
- What does Cruz mean “Now I started getting wise to the ways of the American Dream?”
- What are the realities that Cruz comes up against in the work world? (the “flaws” as he sees them in the American Dream)
- How does “To get ahead you have to lose your head” (from Corporate Head poem) and “divide and conquer” apply here?
- Is this a legitimate point: “Hey, what’s your bitch? The American Dream has treated you beautifully.” Was Cruz treated on merit? What exactly is his conflict?
- How does the “powerful vested interests” connect to “people have their own agendas?”
- Is it easy to be swallowed up by the same set of values that govern the top person?
- Discuss the second to last paragraph in light of the essays that you have already read in this unit .
- What is the counterpower that Cruz speaks of that is needed to balance Big Business?
- How does Cruz compare to Ragged Dick in terms of the American Dream and individual success? Do they share the same goals, beliefs and values?
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