American Dream

The American Dream at this time in America was troubling. Many women were not able to do as they pleased. They were still in control by their husbands. Most couples during this time seemed very sad and upset. When the epitaphs of husbands and wives were written most of them were lies. Richard Bone said in his epitaph that “ I chiseled for them whatever they wished, All in ignorance of its truth.” He said that most people who came to him were lying. So married couples would lie about each other. They often blamed one another for the problems that they caused. Most husbands thought of their wives as property. The American dream of the people at this was that they all wanted to be free. Most women wanted to be who they could be, not what their husbands tried to form them to be. For example, Ollie McGee said “ The face of what I was, the face of what he made me!”