“If you want a Rebel Flag, Nothing Beats the Original” (If You Want 1). The anonymous quote would spark a picture of the Confederate flag; however the image is a flag that has seven red stripes, six white stripes, and a blue corner with 13 white stars in a circle. The flag is the original American Flag, the flag that led the fighting rebellious colonists, to victory against the world’s greatest army, and the flag that stands for the freedoms valued by every United States Citizen today. The original
one’s own country through loyalty and determination. To those with ethnicities often found outside of America, defining the American identity can be challenging. For example, the author of Growing Up Asian in America, Kesaya E. Noda, was born and grew up here in America, and also experienced a japanese culture through her grandparents who happened to be japaneses immigrants. In Noda’s essay, when describing the struggles of growing up racially asian, she
American Definition Essay What does it mean to be American? Immigrants from all over the world traveled here to live a new and better life. Why? The American Identity is unique to America in that, American citizens have pride in their country, have a spirit of perseverance to make a new life, and have the ability to find their own identity. First of all, loyalty is something that many people are proud to have. Being an American is something immigrants wanted to have and be proud of. Saying
world, full of good intentions and possibilities, but sometimes the original function of the idea may be misused. The accessibility to communication, networking and connecting people, can sometimes end up in situations of abuse and misuse. In the essay “Time and Distance Overcome” which is written by Eula Bliss in 2008, she points out that criminality throughout history influence the perception on an invention, and furthermore how time and distance can overcome things and restore the true idea of
posters such as these striped the public of individuality and free thinking. Instead of asking questions and challenging the facts America was put to sleep, heedless to the governments buried agenda. This is demonstrated when Thomas Wilson-America’s 28th president-rendered World War I as a l (KPL). Therefore, those who were even partially awake to the injustices of America were shut down and obliterated. On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies: Britain, France, Russia. Many Americans were not
Culture can greatly influence the way a person views the world because their culture is the backdrop of that person and what makes them unique, culture can make people view things differently from the world. The first reason on why I find culture a great influence is because in the letter “An Indian Father’s Plea” By Robert Lake, there was one part where Medicine Grizzlybear said, “He is not culturally ‘disadvantaged’, but he is culturally ‘different’.” (77). This explains how Wind-Wolf’s culture
present in “In the Ruins,” by Nicholas Leiman and “And Our Flag Was Still There,” by Barbara Kingsolver. They both deal with the emerging racism that occurs after devastations. Tragedies like 911 and Hurricane Katrina do not cause racism; they bring out the racism overlooked by many. The racism, neglect, and violence all occurred because of the narrow-minded figures found in all sectors of society. The close-minded figures in both essays complicated the situation after the Hurricane Katrina and the
the United States of America, but is there a deeper definition than this vague explanation? It is known that America was founded on the principles of freedom and equality, due to the ruling of Britain over the thirteen original colonies. In the newfound freedom from Britain, these original thirteen colonies have turned into fifty states, all united and all inhabited today by immigrants who were in search for one common thing, a better future. In J. Hector
do not want to be a part of the United States of America. Although it is only a commonwealth, the US has offered statehood to Puerto Rico. However, many votes have been made and most of them had the same answers, which were to maintain Puerto Rico a commonwealth and not become a state. It is a sort of negligent move since the US supports Puerto Rico economically, militarily, and legally (the US provides Puerto Ricans with an United States of America passport). Although the US has protected and been
I will explain the William Carlos Williams poems in my essay. I am going to analyze his some poems ‘’Spring And All’’, ‘’The Red Wheelbarrow’’, ‘’This Is Just To Say’’, ‘’Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus’’ and ‘’To Elsie. I will start with short entrance of imagism and Williams’ style. Firstly, I need to say that he has a big influence to Ezra Pound and T.S Elliot. He is imagist poet and he focused directness of idea and economy of language also he rejected Romantic and Victorian poetry. Imagism