Monday, September 8, 2008
What is an American?
What is an American? Well, this question definitely will bring up a variety of opinions from different people. Personally, I feel that an American is someone who not only lives in the United States, but is proud to be able to travel anywhere in the world and say that they are an American. They should stand behind their country no matter what the situation and never turn their back on it. Though there are many controversial issues at the forefront in the United States today, a true American should never be ashamed of who they are and where they came from. There are many countries where people are constantly suffering because they lack the freedom that we all overlook so easily. The poem "I Hear America Singing" is a perfect example of pride in one's country. It reveals that no matter the job someone works hard at every day, we each sing the same tune. Though we are all unique individuals we all have one thing in common and that is that we are all Americans.
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I Love your ability to reflect of joining together to help one another. I completely agree especially in our generation we have been faced with seeing many national tragedies, and we always come together as a country to mend our wounds.
The other part of your post I enjoyed was that of not being ashamed to call yourself in American. That's the beauty of being an "American" we are all proud of it.
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