The American Dream. Everyone has their own definition of The American Dream. To most people it is succeeding in America, living in a nice neighborhood, having the house they’ve always dreamed of, and not having to steal cars just do get attention. Has your American Dream been fulfilled? In Sandra Cisneros’s book, The House on Mango Street, Esperanza and Louie have a hard time fulfilling the American Dream. First of all, Louie stole a yellow Cadillac to get attention. In order to show it off, he honked his horn a few times to get everyone ....