Similarities and differences span the passage, "Land of the Free" and the poem, "Fireworks". To begin, one similarity is the main idea that each things revolves around. This is a Fourth of July celebration. To prove this point, the poem "Fireworks" describes, "The ending celebration of this year's Fourth of July," ("Fireworks, line 6). This goes to show that it is on the Fourth of July. On the other hand, the selection, "Land of the Free" does not go out and specifically say that it is on this specific day, but the author says things such as, "The warm summer air sifts through the red, white, and blue streamers hanging from unlit streetlights," (Paragraph 1). This demonstrates that the main idea of them is Fourth of July. To pinpoint another
