How I Found America Summary

America has always been a land of opportunity, and many people moved to this land to seek new opportunities and have a better life. But not everyone found this opportunity in America. Based on famous articles and speeches, America is the land of independence, meaning that success comes from self-reliance and the “ultimate triumph of the individual.”
In “How I Found America” by Anzia Yezierska, Anzia and her family migrated to America to seek new opportunities. They lived in Russia where the Czar did not give many chances to the people. When they reached America, Anzia said, “Where are the green fields and open spaces in America?” America was not what she expected to be, and she had to work hard to be able to live. After she met her sister’s beloved teacher, she asked for help. The teacher started reading an excerpt from a book called “Our America” by Waldo Frank. “We go forth all to seek America. And in the seeking we create her. In the quality of our search shall be the nature of the America that we create.” Anzia figured out that in order to find the soul of America, she had to seek America by herself, so after all she was not regretful of all those years of hard work because those years were necessary to search for the …show more content…
Barack Obama explains that “while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth.” Based on President Obama, people have an opportunity, but they have to put some effort to find it and keep it. “We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. “ Barack Obama addresses the importance of independence and self-reliance in America. According to his speech, a person born in poverty has the same opportunity as others, because he or she is born in the land of opportunity and has to seek that opportunity by the