Reflective Essay: Who Am I Am An American?

I identify myself as an American born citizen from Chattanooga, Tennessee. After I lived in Tennessee for fifteen years I moved to Florida. I identify myself as this because I have origins from all around the world such as Scotland, Ireland, and obviously the United States of America. Since America is a mixture of origins in itself and I have a mixture of origins, I am an American. I identify myself as an American not only because I have a mixture origins, but because my family provides certain characteristics of a true American. I inherited these characteristics from the various countries that my family members originated from. One characteristic that emerges for me is stubbornness from the Irish and Scottish component of me. On my mom’s side of the family, there is a woman named Mary McAllister from Ireland. On my dad’s side of the family, there is a man named John McAllister. I am one-sixteenth Irish and on sixteenth Scottish. My discrepancies are what make me an American. …show more content…
It’s based on my family because we are close-knit we do everything together. A couple of possessions that my family takes vigorously are sports and religion. My parents have consistently attended my sporting events. This is impressive considering I have played sports since I was three years old. Religion is another aspect my family members take into our daily life style. When I went to my grandmother’s in Tennessee I would go to church every Sunday. I would read the bible and listen to the preacher. When I am playing sports and practicing my religion I am broadening my culture. When I am at church I broaden my culture by meeting all of these people from different places. When I am playing sports I am interacting and eating foods with people from other countries. When I play baseball, I like to eat different foods. I like to eat different foods, because I like to broaden my culture. I like to broaden my culture with food, because “you are what you