The Short Sweet Dream Analysis

We live in a country that was established by the European immigrants in the 18th century. In that time period they were not seen as immigrants but as pioneers who established the United States. Now in the present, the word immigrant has a negative connotation and are not welcomed in the United States. In the book, The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez, by Jimmy Breslin, we follow a young Mexican immigrant on his journey to the United States and see what he had to face with American society and labor. We travel with him from a small village named San Matίas in Mexico until his death in Williamsburg, New York. Not only did he suffer a brutal death, falling into cement, but also had to face discrimination in his neighborhood, by other Hispanic communities, and injustices at work. Immigrants do not only face exploitation in New York, but it has also been demonstrated that in the Midwest, Mexican immigrants face similar discrimination and labor abuse in the meat packing industry.

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But finding a job does not mean you’ll receive the same pay as those who are legal workers. Construction works who work with unions receive a lot of benefits from their employers, such as: “Medical, Dental, Vision, Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Short Term Disability & Long Term Disability” ( Turner Co.). They also receive an End of Year Premium Pay and numerous of programs are made available to them within the company they work with. The wage differs from an “insulator who can make 68,996 to $190,223, structural iron workers $111,920 to $235,248, steamfitters that make $98,328 to $221,603 yearly” (The Real