Upton Sinclair's "The jungle".

Dreams are optimistic and desirable and can come in many forms, such as a vision, an inspiration, or even a promise from someone. Jurgis Rudkus envisioned a promise of prosperity guaranteed by the capitalist regime, but the prosperity visualized was only that of a mirage. Sinclair uses Jurgis' unfulfilled dreams to point out the evil deceptions and deceits practiced by capitalism. The first run in that Jurgis has with the capitalists "wolves" starts with the …

…the lower class, he still remained at the bottom. Sinclair was trying to show the reader that capitalism was not for the better of all humanity. In Sinclair's eyes Jurgis' life was an illustration of what this horrible system could do to all mankind if we let it continue. The final socialist encounter that Jurgis has, displays Sinclair's disposition on capitalistic ways. Sinclair clearly felt that socialism was the key to attaining the American Dream.