Read the passage from "Fierce Eyes."
We tried brightening her room with red dahlias, but she just looked around wearily at her new surroundings, shuffling across the shag-pile carpet and avoiding the bright-orange molded-plastic chair. The altar in the kitchen was the only familiar feature.
Toua was listening to Duran Duran on the radio.
Girls on film, girls on film, girls on film.
My mother didn't understand English, so she thought they were saying, "Don't eat raw chicken" in Hmong. Another superstition.
Which theme does this passage most support?
The American Dream is possible for anyone who pursues it.
Not everyone who pursues the American Dream can attain it.
People who pursue the American Dream must pay a heavy price.
The pursuit of the American Dream has costs as well as benefits.