The American Dream - Angela M. Balcita

The structure of this essay is in chronological order. The first sentence at the beginning of each paragraph is bolded to represent importance. The story tells of a man who moves from the Philippines to America. He has a son and a wife. He starts out feeling misplaced and questions if he can be both Pilipino and American. After time while he son grows up and he has baseball as a passion throughout it, he learns to live in America as an American. He faces problems as everyone does and he learns things about American's that he didn't' know before. He moves and fits in more with those surrounding him. The structure of this essay is kind of like every paragraph is one part of his life. A story that he can remember clearly and that had an impact on him. Each story has a main focus and that's the bolded sentence at the beginning. Each paragraph makes him who he is whether it's American or Pilipino-American.