Letters From An American Farmer Summary

What is an American? According to J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, the author of Letters from an American Farmer, an American is “one who is liberated from obligation or dependence on others, who finds the ability to make a living for himself and look out for his own interests.” This means that an American is someone who doesn’t need to rely on others and can fend for themselves. They can work hard and they aren’t treated by complete trash. Now that we have explained what Crevecoeur believed to be an American. Let’s go a little deeper into it. I want to talk about how Americans are different and why Americans need to value each other. Let us begin.

Crevecoeur wrote that all Americans mattered, and we know this because there was no nobility, …show more content…
Things need to go back to the ways Crevecoeur had described in his letters. Back then, everybody was basically a farmer. There were no kings and nobles to step on them and talk down to them. They all lived in modest housing, there were no huge castles and mansions. And things were a little simpler back then. You’d get a job as soon as you landed in one of the colonies. You would get paid, and then you could afford to get your own plot of land and live a simple life. Today, America and a lot of other places like Australia, South Korea, etc. The only thing that really differentiates us from the rest of the world is how expensive things are here in America.

In conclusion, I’d like to say that things have changed drastically since Crevecoeur wrote those letters. Being an American might not be all that it was hyped up to be. Times have changed and so have we. Back then, we were all equal, everyone lived harmoniously, and we valued each other. We didn’t live under the foot of the nobles and the aristocracy. America had turned into a meritocracy. In the end, you can’t say Americans act a certain way or talk a certain way, but we know we’re Americans cause we live a certain