Prompt C:
In the film “My American Girls” Sandra Ortiz, the mother of the three girls, faces a tough time in dealing with her American born daughters. Her three daughters have all taken completely different routes to their version of the American dream. Monica is the smart, talented and hard working of the three. Aida is the one that tries to balance street and home life. And the final daughter, Mayra, cares only about having a good time.
The eldest daughter, Monica, lives a drastically different life than the rest of her family. She thrives off her independence from her family and has detached herself from her Dominican culture. Monica is living her version of the American dream through testing different things to see which makes her happy. The end result will be her choosing that thing to spend the rest of her life doing, currently that thing to her is acting.
The middle daughter, Aida, is the typical middle child, She, like Monica, tries to be independent but in a different way. She turns to working at McDonalds when her parents fail to provide her with the things she desires. She, unlike Monica, has taken a materialistic approach to the American dream. She chooses material things over her education, because to her having designer shoes are more valuable than books. Even so, she tries to maintain an identity as a Dominican and be an American too. She fits in the middle of her two lives.
The last and youngest daughter, Mayra, is the most immature of the three siblings. She regards herself as “ghetto” and does everything in the name of fun. Unlike her two sisters, she does not pursue a solid education or material things, she only wants to have fun with her friends. Her version of the American dream is to have fun all the time.
The three daughters have all grown up to live various different lifestyles. The biggest reason for this may be the language barrier between the parents and their children. Since the parents struggle with English, there is no way to check up on their kids to see if they are really doing their work. This has allowed the three of them to venture out and live out the different lives they find themselves a part of in America.
