America; Land of The Diverse What it means to be an American is an incredibly subjective question. Millions of people worldwide have their own definition‚ which has been developed over countless years and diverse experiences. My own definition was developed through multiple exemplary sources‚ an extremely beneficial one being the song‚ “The Great American Novel‚” by Larry Norman. In the song‚ Norman states many attributes of America‚ such as the fact that this wonderful country was once a limitless
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The term “American” is viewed differently by many distinct people. In this essay‚ one can find out what it truly means to be an American. An American is someone who can be themself and is classified as an American. What it means to be an American is that you can be who you want to be. According to an article written by Marcie Sillman ‚ “Shmidt hopes [his family] [gets] the opportunity to come to this country. He spreads his arms wide as he describes his own experiences”. Shmidt’s personal experiences
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Individualism and Democracy Why do we inherently choose to address our differences by either ignoring them or fighting about them? From a young age we are taught to conform to what is normal and reject what is not. In elementary school we learn from our friends to shun and bully kids who are different. We pick on the boy who is short and does not play any sports. We won’t play on the playground with the girl who always dresses in old fashioned clothes. We mock the child who talks with a lisp
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The American Revolution The colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the revolution to a great extent. They discovered who they are and how to become unified progressively from 1750 to 1776 and the documents come from a first hand source as to what the colonists went through and how they progressed as the years went by. Although they wanted to get absolute separation‚ they were adamant on their attempts of becoming independent from England. By the eve
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Mrs. Sommers English 3 honors 12 February 2014 Letters From an American Farmer Essay Is it really worth living in America if you’re an immigrant? In Jean de Crevecoeur’s Letter from an American Farmer he talks about how living in America is better than living in Europe in 1763. During this time‚ countless Europeans wanted to leave Europe because of increased poverty‚ religious freedom‚ and poor harvest seasons. Immigrating to America was a good idea during the 1700’s‚ but now its not. Many
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America: The Melting Pot The term the melting pot was coined in 1782 by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. It was a term used to describe the new country and all of its new inhabitants. Where people from different countries and different races and ethnicities could come together to form a new race of people; the American. It encompassed taking the good‚ strong qualities from each culture and keeping them to form an overall new culture. “Across four centuries‚ the steady arrival of millions
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but those kinds of people were the crowning birth of the fat cats down the road. The “herd of people who have nothing”‚ obviously enough are the slaves of the south and in many areas the Native Americans who have been driven out of their land. Crevecoeur wasn’t the right person to write Letters from an American Farmer because one‚ he was French‚ two‚ he never saw the south or the negative situations with Natives. Crevevoeur only saw the northern high class societies‚ much like what he was used
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The power of writing is underestimated. Writing has many ways to peacefully resolve conflicts and other problems. Early writings in American history were exceptional. They affected history in many ways. These documents were created to start movements within the United States at the time. Documents at this time were written towards the people of the Untied States. This is because in order for the people to make change‚ they must first be informed of the things going on. Speakers of this time seemed
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Class Discussions Q1: This week’s discussion will focus on readings 2.3 and 2.3 from Reading the American Past. In your post‚ please write about anything that struck you as interesting about the passage. What do you think you can learn from the passage? Did anything surprise you? A1: Both Columbus’ “Columbus Describes His First Encounter with “Indians”” and Bernal Diaz del Castillo’s “A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico” were thought-provoking reads. What I learned was that Bernal Diaz del
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was a “melting pot” of many different ethnicities and cultures which set us apart from our British counterpart. A lot of the people who lived in the colonies were not English; they were French‚ Dutch‚ Jewish‚ Scots-Irish‚ Scottish and German. As Crevecoeur wrote in his Letters from an American Farmer‚ “…individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men…” (Document H). This mixed group of people‚ when forced to fight for their rights developed a sense of unity along with their unique identity
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