Drawing on your reading and the 1908 Zangwill quote (see below),discusses ways in which the idealistic \"Melting Pot\" vision ofassimilation has been or perhaps is being fulfilled in thedevelopment of American society as well as weaknesses of thetheory.
Zangwill Quote
\"God is making the American!. . .the real American has not yetarrived. He will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the comingsuperman. . .the glory of America, where all races and nations cometo labor and look forward.\"
