Excerpt From Walden, By Henry David Thoreau

On July 4,1776 the United States declared its independence, thus Americans came to be. Americans have been able to transform their ambitions into reality through qualities they posses. These qualities have come to define Americans throughout time. For instance, Americans are viewed as greedy, judgemental, and diverse.
Americans are greedy people because they desire for more materialistic objects than needed. Henry David Thoreau in “Excerpt from Walden” expresses the fact that Americans have a lot of materialistic things. Thoreau states, “ The luxuriously rich are not simply kept warm but uncomfortably hot”(Paragraph.6 ). Thoreau is trying to explain that Americans have so much from the essential materials that they need to have. That's why
Michel Guillaume Saint Jean de Crèvecoeur in “What is an American” describes Americans as a melting pot with different people coming together. He says, “ Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great change in the world” (Paragraph.2 ). Crèvecoeur is saying that different people from different countries make up America and that in the near future these people will shape the world for the better. This proves that Americans are diverse because Crèvecoeur states “individuals of all nations” form America, thus we can conclude that Americans possess the quality of diversity. Furthermore another example of how Americans are diverse is Los Angeles County. Los Angeles county is a great example of how Americans are diverse because Los Angeles contains people from different backgrounds. When my family drives around Los Angeles county we see people from all different backgrounds like asians, hispanics, caucasians, african americans, and middle eastern people. Los Angeles county is just one example where you see how Americans are diverse. You see every kind of ethnicity every where you go. Americans come from different backgrounds to form