Introduction to the book

We expect Adam to have problems reaching the American Dream. He made it seem like this whole escapade of rags to riches was going to be easy and that anyone could do it. He might not even make his goal it all just depends on the luck of the draw basically. A large part of Adam’s success depends on who he meets and who becomes his friend. Basically we all think that Adam will certainly have an eye opening experience and hope for his success but are not entirely sure that it will come.
We feel that Adam has many things going for him being that he is young and has a college education under his belt. Even though Adam doesn’t get to use his college education on his resume for getting a job the knowledge and experience is still going to help him. Adam is healthy and is in good shape because he was a college basketball star. He even seems to be someone who is optimistic and stubborn. Adam seems to be the kind of guy that when he says he is going to do something… he will get it done. On the contrary to the positives going for Adam we feel like there are a few negatives also. Although Adam is young and youthful and ready to take a stab at taking on the world he is inexperienced ignorant on how exactly to go about reaching his goal. He hasn’t been through the whole making a life for himself before and his first try is going to be from a homeless shelter. With the positives and the negatives weighing on him, we think Adam is definitely going to be in contention to reach his goal but who knows?
With each of our groups being Caucasian and able to afford to attend college how we view what happens in the book will differ from that of someone who is in some sort of situation close to Adam’s. We may be a little more critical about the book being privileged enough to never have to live on the streets or beg for food. Each of us are interested in the idea of this book because soon we will be making a life for ourselves and to know that it is possible, even in the toughest of situations, is something that will boost our confidence. Our previous experience and knowledge of the subcategory is very minimal and this is probably what sparked an interest in reading the book. Although we are uneducated and inexperienced about the homeless way of life we feel like we may be somewhat bias towards them being lazy and hope that reading this book will change our biases. We are all excited to read the book and hope that is a good read.