I do not think that “The School Days of an Indian Girl” is a story about fulfilling the American Dream. This story is about perseverance through the hardships placed on an Indian girl by white people. If this was a story about the American Dream then the little Indian girl would have chosen to go to a boarding school and dreamt about moving up in society, but instead she was forced to go to school. Isn’t the American Dream all about choosing your own future? I mean isn’t that what people came over to American for? Sure, they came so they could become successful, but in their own way and isn’t success subjective to every person. For example one person might think he’s the richest man alive because he has the most money, but on the other hand another man might think he’s the richest man alive because he has a family. So success isn’t the same thing to every person. I think success is subjective to what that individual person wants and if something is forced on you, then obviously you didn’t want it. This is what happened to the little Indian girl. The quote “I laughed no more in triumph when thus alone. The little taste of victory did not satisfy the hunger in my heart” (438) describes how unhappy she felt after being pushed through school. She did not fulfill her dream of success, which is what the American dream is all about.
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