Immigrant Contributions

The following exposition is about how An American Identity is created when someone has grown up in American culture, grown into some of America’s traditions, and feel/have the same hopes or connections. In The Immigrant Contribution it says, “But nearly all shared two great hopes: the hope for personal freedom and the hope for economic opportunity.” That quote backs up my thesis because it shows that Americans have the same general hopes, although a few people would conflict against those particular hopes. Another quote that backs up my thesis is from American History. The quote states “But the day President Kennedy was shot there was a profound silence in El Building; even the abusive tongues of viragoes, the cursing unemployed, and the
screeching of small children had been somehow muted.” That quote backs up my thesis because it described how everyone, even the people you wouldn’t expect, were silence because of the connection they felt to America when John F. Kennedy was shot. Since they felt to connection of America, they all went through the sequence of sadness, shock and anger. In conclusion, being an American takes more than being just native. The American identity is created through experiences, traditions, hopes and connections, and culture.