American Aspirations

Well he was not around the ranch to help out, especially since is dad was getting older and still had to manage the ranch. The could no longer see their baby boy but in the end I think they were glad that he went to college and receives an education that gave him a job that pays more than ranching, and he did not have to work as hard. So going to college defiantly paid off in the future. I know Ivan would not want to work as a ranch hand after he saw what other opportunities were out in the world. The American dream made  the Doig family work hard to be able to hold onto the American dream of owning a ranch and being able to live in the land of the free. That leads me into saying since Ivan does live in America, he is able to pursue his dream and become a writer, because in most countries it is ten times harder to find a good education like Ivan had. I think this goes to a lot of Montana families who want to live a good successful life.