The autobiography is one of the first depictions of the american dream

Glossary
Appeared-give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Significance-the quality of being significant
Trouble-a source of difficulty
Racial-arising from or going to the root or source
Distinguish-detect with the senses
Essayist-a writer of literary work
Antebellum-beloging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
Guerrilla-a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
Exploitation-an act that exploits or victimizes someone
Arguably-capable of being supported by argument
Reputation -the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Legacy-a gift of personal property by will
Complexity-the quality of being intricate and compounded
Eventually-after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
Religious-having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
Dreadfully-of a dreadfull kind
Enormous-extraordinarly large in size
Dogmatic-characterized by assertion of unproved
Dominant-exercising influence or control
Baroque-having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
Progression -a movement forward
Redeen-turn red or redder
Conventional -following aspects customs and proprities
Enemy-an opposing military force
Bourgeois - belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
Antagonistic - showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.
Prosperity - the state of being prosperous.
Propaganda - information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Skeptical - not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations
Tycoon - a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry
Catastrophe - an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
Fictitious - not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.
Monograph - a detailed written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect of it.
Myth - a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation
Sensationalism - empiricism that limits experience as a source of knowledge to sensation or sense perceptions.
Compatriot - a person born, residing, or holding citizenship in the same country as another
Preliminary - preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.
Trilogy - a group of three related novels, plays, films
Vagrant - a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.
Brothels - a house where men visit prostitutes.
Seums - Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair)
Suppress - forcibly put an end to: prevent the development, action, or expression of (a feeling, impulse, idea, etc.)