300 million people live in America, all of them are different, but there is one similarity among all. All Americans’ have pride for their country, the right to be a free citizen, and an opportunity of success in one’s lifetime. First of all, being an American is usually referred to as having a strong passion for America. In the short story “What is an American?” Crevecoeur states, “The American ought…to love this country much better than that wherein either he or his forefathers were born” (Crevecoeur 29). In simple terms, an American is one who puts America before the past and previous generations. Americans’ have an extensive past involving problem solving by coming together as a country and fighting for what they believe. Along with this, in “America and I” by Anzia Yezierska, she says that “In [her] heart the emptiness still hurt. [She] burned to give, to give something, to do something, to be something” (Yezierska 20). This elaborates on the passion of Americans because even though she provoked giving up, she still had a burning…show more content… In “What is an American” it states that “The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions (Crevecoeur 29). Being a major factor for many looking to come to America, is the freedom to challenge what one believes and to create new opinions. Many countries under dictatorship and communism inflict idealism into citizens; American changed this concept. Also, Roosevelt states “We take satisfaction in the thought that those who have left their native land to join us may still retain here their affection for some things left behind—old customs, old language, old friends” (Roosevelt 10). Franklin D. Roosevelt is introducing that although one may leave their prior country and have regrets, one can act as they want regarding changes from before. Lastly, an American also has the opportunity for