Theodore Hr White The American Idea Analysis

A lot of people nearly scream their lungs out preaching about how corrupt our nation is, but is it? Could it really be as adulterated as some people make it seem? Granted America is not run exactly as it was originally stated it would be in the Constitution, but as far as “fair” and “equal”, it so much so, that it is almost shackling or ensnaring. No one can allow a word to slip from their lips without someone taking it to heart.
In “The American Idea” by Theodore H. White, he expresses the straightforward, undeniable statements that form America’s foundation and identifies this country as all it was meant to be from the very beginning. Jefferson proclaimed, “We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal, that they

are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (White 243). Jefferson meant those words as what they are; nothing deeper. These rights are often interpreted incorrectly. It is to the point that humans are becoming so free that they are not anymore.
People have developed into shells of what they could be, constantly petrified of stepping on another’s toes, or rocking the boat. Everyone is tiptoeing around, trying not to offend anyone else. We are encaptured somewhere between our minds and our tongues. People are so “equal” that no one can be. Humans are forced silent. Everyone might as well have our mouths stitched shut. They are falling into line with normalcy and not because we are all similar, but because any time they try to be free, they are hushed and condemned for “disgracing” another’s freedom. America is caged in the restricting thought of its own liberty.