In the book The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle, both the Mossbachers and the Rincóns are searching for the American Dream. What is the American Dream, and what do you think Boyle wants us to understand about it? (Be careful not to write a commentary about the American Dream.) Instead, think more critically about how it is represented in the book based on the two couples.

Me i will give brainiest which excerpt from the passage most effectively contributes to the development of the theme that the bond between fathers and daughters is sacred and everlasting? '"may i not see the little one, sir, for a moment? ' it was his belief that mini was still the same." "i remembered the day when the cabuliwallah and my mini had first met, and i felt sad. when she had gone, rahmun heaved a deep sigh, and sat down on the floor." "this touch of his own little daughter had been always on his heart, as he had come year after year to calcutta to sell his wares in the streets." "he came close up to me holding out his offerings with the words: 'i brought these few things, sir, for the little one. will you give them to her? "'