Barack Obama once said “Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest”. The people of America are given something that everyone is not given. A chance to be successful and survive, unlike other places around the world. America isn’t perfect, but it's one of the countries that have rights given to people of different diversities and gender. Being an American, the qualities you portray is being prideful, propitious and free. America is the place where people can escape their problems and can change it around for the better.
In the poem I, too, sing America.The author shows pridefulness by
“Nobodyĺl dare say to me, ´eat in the kitchen’ then.” ( Hughes page …show more content…
Americans won't back down without a fight, theyĺl prove their worth until they simply no longer can. We become conscious of one's dignity and that consciousness grows along with achievement. We are invoking not pride in ethnic nationalism, nor pride in war and conquest. The patriotism is the pride of ownership in the principles that have made the us a great nation, founded on principles that make possible and encourage the freedom to achieve a personal goal.
In the essay Growing up Asian in America. The writer demonstrates pride in a negative way by
“ I can see myself today as a person historically defined by law and custom as being forever alien.” (Noda page 38, para 4, line 1).
Noda displays being prideful in a negative way because she believes what everyone says about her race being alien looking. She gives into the fact of being alien looking and not being prideful of her race. The lost of her pride is shown through how people portray her race and In the letter What Is An American?. The writer presents pride with class and function
In the poem I, too, sing America.The author shows pridefulness by
“Nobodyĺl dare say to me, ´eat in the kitchen’ then.” ( Hughes page …show more content…
Americans won't back down without a fight, theyĺl prove their worth until they simply no longer can. We become conscious of one's dignity and that consciousness grows along with achievement. We are invoking not pride in ethnic nationalism, nor pride in war and conquest. The patriotism is the pride of ownership in the principles that have made the us a great nation, founded on principles that make possible and encourage the freedom to achieve a personal goal.
In the essay Growing up Asian in America. The writer demonstrates pride in a negative way by
“ I can see myself today as a person historically defined by law and custom as being forever alien.” (Noda page 38, para 4, line 1).
Noda displays being prideful in a negative way because she believes what everyone says about her race being alien looking. She gives into the fact of being alien looking and not being prideful of her race. The lost of her pride is shown through how people portray her race and In the letter What Is An American?. The writer presents pride with class and function