Bringing Down the House-reflection

I love that Bringing Down the House feels like fiction, but is based on a real event. I hate reading nonfiction 99% of the time, so dressing it up as a compelling narrative with more-or-less a traditional plot triangle makes it much more enjoyable to read. I don't like how the narrative of the author is interspersed with the main story. I wish he had put it all at the beginning, and let the story in the past continue in one chunk.

Obviously, Bringing Down the House addresses issues regarding the American dream and the importance of maximum acquisition of wealth with a minimum of labor. The American Dream has always been about easy money, and progress has always been about making advances to have to work less and get better results in the future. It also looks at the issue of race and gender a bit, but only as a practicality, as Caucasian men are most likely to be pegged as card counters. They take advantage of the white patriarchy, just as shamelessly as they take advantage of the way Vegas casinos work.