What comes first, devotion or courage? While living in America, citizens and immigrants will often find themselves executing decisions based off of courage or devotion. The United States Army presents many courageous men and women, but courage and commitment is not just for soldiers. These two words also correspond with immigrants stepping out of their comfort zone so they can devote themselves on living the “American dream”. Whether a person was born in America or immigrated, we all share the courage and devotion that makes America a desirable place to live because of the effort that is put into this country.
To begin, courageousness and devotion correspond with each other through the citizens in America. Many men and women make the …show more content…
The accounts of bravery he witnessed in 1971 are described as “Mike got himself a piece of white cloth and a piece of red cloth and fashioned himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he sewed the American flag on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike’s shirt on the wall of our cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance” (7). Mike Christian demonstrated his courage as he took the risk to sew the American Flag. As McCain illustrated through his thoughts, the American soldiers at Hanoi Hilton camp were courageous because Mike knew that if the guards found the flag sewn on his shirt, then there would be a serious consequence. Later on in the story, the Vietnamese soldiers found the homemade flag sewn inside Mike’s shirt, the soldiers took Mike for a serious beating. Hours later, Mike came back not well, after the soldiers threw him into the cell he graded a needle and started to sew another American Flag. If Mike Christian did not have the devotion to the United States of America then perhaps the courage to sew the American flag would not be presented in him. To add on, the
To begin, courageousness and devotion correspond with each other through the citizens in America. Many men and women make the …show more content…
The accounts of bravery he witnessed in 1971 are described as “Mike got himself a piece of white cloth and a piece of red cloth and fashioned himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he sewed the American flag on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike’s shirt on the wall of our cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance” (7). Mike Christian demonstrated his courage as he took the risk to sew the American Flag. As McCain illustrated through his thoughts, the American soldiers at Hanoi Hilton camp were courageous because Mike knew that if the guards found the flag sewn on his shirt, then there would be a serious consequence. Later on in the story, the Vietnamese soldiers found the homemade flag sewn inside Mike’s shirt, the soldiers took Mike for a serious beating. Hours later, Mike came back not well, after the soldiers threw him into the cell he graded a needle and started to sew another American Flag. If Mike Christian did not have the devotion to the United States of America then perhaps the courage to sew the American flag would not be presented in him. To add on, the