The Country We Call America
The American Dream is common to all people, but to each person it means something different. The American Dream is dependent solely on the fact that it is the setting of where one lives and one’s social status. The American Dream is the essence of freedom. For thousands of countless years, people from all over the world have been coming to the land of the free in hopes of bettering their lives for the future of their children and the generations to come. In our readings, there have been many different aspects of what the ideal american vision is. This vision has changed in many ways, from the countless types of authors and the different styles of writings. The use of literature has helped America gain the rightful …show more content…
Without these writings from these authors we would not have the literary tools we do today, or the opinions of many leaders that we have fallen back on today to learn about the coming of the country we now live in. Although, the reality of the America that is now differs from the vision that many authors wrote about. “Letters from An American Farmer”, is a perfect example of the definition of the American Vision. In this letter, they are describing what is it like to be a farmer in America and the freedom that this country allows. J.Hector St. John Crevecoeur, author of “Letters from an American Farmer” (1782), exposes the trials and tribulations it takes to be an ‘American’. In his writings, if we compare what it is like to be an American then as to what is it to be an American during this day and age, it seems as if it was much simpler in these times than it was in the 1700’s. But then again, we have the advancements that had not been invented yet to help simplify the hard overcomings this country …show more content…
The backdrop of “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving is very political. Irving, was born during this time and was uncertain how he felt towards the newly created “United States of America”. Rip Van Winkle was very well known in his neighborhood as many would say Van Winkle as “a kind neighbor, and an obedient henpecked husband” (Irving, 32). As the story progresses, the reader begins to understand the Van Winkle is like every typical American: lazy, as he falls asleep for twenty years. The American Revolution occurs while Van Winkle is asleep, as he awakes he is stunned by the world he had onced lived in has changed forever. From the buildings, the architecture, and his home are abandoned. As stated, “The very village was altered; it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared” (Irving, 36). He is rather confused as to what has happened, he thought when he went to take a nap it was going to be for a night. As he begins to realize the differences that the country has made, he is in shock. A great quote the is similar to Irving’s writings is “ The Un-American Dream of these others Americans is not a materialistic one, but idealistic and orient toward a future realization of the interaction of different groups and individuals. It is the dream of a different America and a
The American Dream is common to all people, but to each person it means something different. The American Dream is dependent solely on the fact that it is the setting of where one lives and one’s social status. The American Dream is the essence of freedom. For thousands of countless years, people from all over the world have been coming to the land of the free in hopes of bettering their lives for the future of their children and the generations to come. In our readings, there have been many different aspects of what the ideal american vision is. This vision has changed in many ways, from the countless types of authors and the different styles of writings. The use of literature has helped America gain the rightful …show more content…
Without these writings from these authors we would not have the literary tools we do today, or the opinions of many leaders that we have fallen back on today to learn about the coming of the country we now live in. Although, the reality of the America that is now differs from the vision that many authors wrote about. “Letters from An American Farmer”, is a perfect example of the definition of the American Vision. In this letter, they are describing what is it like to be a farmer in America and the freedom that this country allows. J.Hector St. John Crevecoeur, author of “Letters from an American Farmer” (1782), exposes the trials and tribulations it takes to be an ‘American’. In his writings, if we compare what it is like to be an American then as to what is it to be an American during this day and age, it seems as if it was much simpler in these times than it was in the 1700’s. But then again, we have the advancements that had not been invented yet to help simplify the hard overcomings this country …show more content…
The backdrop of “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving is very political. Irving, was born during this time and was uncertain how he felt towards the newly created “United States of America”. Rip Van Winkle was very well known in his neighborhood as many would say Van Winkle as “a kind neighbor, and an obedient henpecked husband” (Irving, 32). As the story progresses, the reader begins to understand the Van Winkle is like every typical American: lazy, as he falls asleep for twenty years. The American Revolution occurs while Van Winkle is asleep, as he awakes he is stunned by the world he had onced lived in has changed forever. From the buildings, the architecture, and his home are abandoned. As stated, “The very village was altered; it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared” (Irving, 36). He is rather confused as to what has happened, he thought when he went to take a nap it was going to be for a night. As he begins to realize the differences that the country has made, he is in shock. A great quote the is similar to Irving’s writings is “ The Un-American Dream of these others Americans is not a materialistic one, but idealistic and orient toward a future realization of the interaction of different groups and individuals. It is the dream of a different America and a