Move To America By Claude Mckay

All around the world, America is known to be one of the greatest countries on the planet. It is known as the land of opportunities because it has some of the most valuable brands and it has some of the best schools in the world. People from other countries think that America is the land of the great and nothing goes wrong. They think that it is easy to live in America, but there are many challenges to be faced. It is possible but hard to have an important occupation and live a healthy and happy life. In America, your job does not decide your happiness. Most people around the world think that it is simple. Move to America, get a job, and then have a happy life, but it is not that easy. In a poem called “America”, the Jamaican-American writer

He believes that the difficulty that people face in America is what makes the nation extraordinary. He believes that it gives America its meaning. Although America is a civilized and developed country, it presents many difficulties to its citizens/ In the beginning of the poem, Mckay writes, “Stealing my breath of life, I will confess/ I love this cultured hell that tests my youth” (3-4). This shows that he likes being challenged because he wants to see what he is capable of. Close to the middle of the poem, the author explains how America influenced him to improve when he states “Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,/ Giving me strength erect against her hate” (Mckay 5-6). He is expressing the benefits that can come from facing challenges in America. He is showing the readers that America energizes him and inspires him to move forward. He is showing the reader the effect that America has on people and how a person can forge his/her future with hard

He expresses diversity at the very beginning when he states, “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear” (Whitman 1). He is showing the creative endeavor of the of the diverse people and how that makes America a significant nation. The poet is giving examples of the jobs of different people not only to show diversity, but also to show the pride that Americans take in their work. He is creating a picture of unity because every time he writes about a new job, he shows the worker singing either before, in, or after work. He writes, “The carpenter singing as he measures his plank or beam/ The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work” (Whitman 2-3). All the Americans have to work hard and he uses that to unite the people together with the one thing they have in common. By using singing to unify the people, he symbolizes pride in people’s works because the singing can be interpreted as people’s inner voice. It is a very meaningful poem that shows what it means to be an average