Not knowing all of the details of the speech “What is an American” by Harold Ickes, it was hard to understand what was going on. To fully comprehend the speech more information would be needed. Only knowing the general time period tells the reader that it was during World War II but that is it. If an exact date was given then I could have been able to figure out what else was going on and connected the speech with that. Once all of the background details were given I could fully analyze the speech. I was able to connect the details of what was happening around that time and why the speech was given. Also it was easier to get what Harold Ickes was talking about. Before knowing the date all I knew was that the speech was given to get america
Before I get to the analysis portion of this assignment, the speech I have decided to go with is former President Ronald Reagan’s speech on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day that was delivered at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, on June 6, 1984. This is the speech I wanted to use for my analytical paper because I have always been extremely interested in World War II and anything affiliated with it. Also, I actually had two grandfathers that served in the Philippines fighting alongside American soldiers as guerilla fighters against the Japanese invaders during the war. President Reagan was the one who presented the speech, but to my slight disappointment, he did not actually prepare it himself. The speech was actually written by Peggy Noonan, the primary speechwriter and special assistant to President Reagan. After reading and watching footage of the speech, I found it to be a great collaboration between the speaker and the writer.
Anne-Marie Slaughter is the first woman director of planning policy at the State Department and the president and CEO of the New America Foundation. She has taught at two of the most prestige schools in the country Princeton and Harvard Law. She is also the author and editor of several books, but the most recent one is called “The Idea That Is America: Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World which was published in the year 2007. Slaughters essay is about trying to balance home life and work life, and it first appeared in the Atlantic in July/August 2012 issue and was also on the Huffington Post. This essay argues that women in high power jobs and government positions can have both a work life and also keep their home life. She started her essay with a little information on background about her job.
Daniel J. Boorstin’s The Americans: The Colonial Experience was a broad history of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century in the American Colonies. Within this broad history, Boorstin focused on specific aspects of society as well as specific colonies. Boorstin was very detailed in some aspects of his research while other areas are left more or less to the reader’s imagination. Other reviewers viewed the book as having missed an opportunity to speak of American political and economic ingenuity.
President Reagan includes a notable number of quotes from past events in modern history in his speech to enhance his points. Regan takes it back to the year of 1945, “In this season of spring in 1945, the people of Berlin emerged from their air-raid shelters to find devastation.” (Reagan) He furthermore switches into two years later and discusses the Marshall
Before the 20th century, individual progress was the definition of the American identity. Success was zero-sum; the people that did progress had authority over the people that didn’t, and people had this overwhelming desire to strive to the fullest as an individual. Several developments throughout American history demonstrated the desire to succeed and progress in America before the 20th century. Slavery, industrialization, and the great depression are events that had an immense impacted the American identity in the 1920s by transforming it from an identity built on a greedy desire to strive and progress as an individual to one that strives to progress as a nation in whole.
The American Self is the common character and values of American people which evolved depending on governmental philosophy, religious belief, and economical aspiration from beginning of its formation to the present. Any of the change in the above factors would contribute to the evolution of the American Self. Over time, the American Self changed from communalism, whole hearted religious faith, and interest in material goods to individualism, self interests, and greed.
The Poem that relates most to my life is “America” written by Tony Hoagland. I believe this poem has the ability to save America. It was once said “Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It will only come from you.” It all starts with looking in the mirror rather than looking at others. To everyone this is so different because everyone chooses a different path though life. Every story is different but the best part is you get to tell your story and share it with the world.
Think back to the 1800’s when slavery existed. The owners of the slaves treated them like animals. The slaves were just doing what they were told to do or else they knew that there would be punishment. They could not really show who they really were. If they were funny, shy, or maybe even artistic. No one got to see the real side of the slaves. As the years went on society really started establishing individualism more and more.
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt claim in their article “The Coddling of the American Mind” that the “vindictive protectiveness” to protect the college students by avoiding “microaggression’ and the usage of ‘trigger warnings’ are not going to help the students adapt to ‘the world with potential offenses.’
Ancient greece is a place of a lot of city-states. But two of the most known and Influential city-states were sparta and athen. And even though both had its own customs,laws,gov and rulers, they still had many things in common to,like religion and language. Ancient sparta and athens were a great places they did not get along. Ancient athens was a city about politics, societies. While ancient sparta was all about discipline and also about being strong. Three points this essay will be talking about will be hw is the city-state like modern american,citizens rights today and citizens rights back then,questions on both city-states.
The definition of an American, is someone who is a citizen of the United States. Many African Americans, and immigrants struggled to become actual Americans in their lifetimes, because others didn 't see them as actual people; and based it on the color of someone. In today 's world people who live in America consider themselves as Americans, but to me there is certain qualities that make a person an American. To me being a true American is not based off of what Country they were born in, or what race their parents are, or even if they were immigrated to the United States. People from all over the world would say that maybe people could base this off of someone 's family heritage, or where they were before they came to America. If you were asked what makes an American an American what would you base it off of? To me there are four specific characteristics that make a person a true American; those three things would be, freedom, individuality, belief in the country, and happiness.
Typical American by Gish Jen demonstrates the different struggles that a traditional immigrant family encounters. The book being discussed will be explained by means of historical influences and biographical influences during Jen’s life that affected the novel. This essay will also contain a critical analysis of the book and an analysis of the critical response from others.
The American people are each unique human beings, not one is like the other. Americans can be defined as people of self-expression and diligence in the workforce because they have multiple freedoms, rights to be themselves, as well as gratitude towards the United States of America. Many Characteristics can be used to describe an American but self-expression and hard work are the most important ones. These characteristics are what helped the American society grow into the strong community it is today.
Are Americans vanishing? Where are they going? Am I going to vanish? All of these questions pop into the reader 's mind when reading the title of this story by Charles Beaumont. This story has more to it than what people think it does, it has much greater meaning behind the words or a lot of things between the lines. This essay will Explain the meaning of the title, meaning behind vanishing. and how people can prevent themselves from becoming a vanishing american.
American society emphasises individualism and freedom. Freedom is the ability to act, think, or speak without condemnation. Making choices that are for your benefit when planning your tomorrow, creates a dissonance when you feel pressure in making a decision to benefit the community. Living in tight, small communities can cause difficulty in making decisions where it might not benefit the community, but it benefits the individual. Freedom perceived as a positive aspect of people’s lives benefits peers. 39 percent of the world’s global population is not “free”. This means that they do not have freedom of religion, speech, life. So, how in these communities, deemed as “Free”, can people make individual choices. How does individual freedom change