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Lauren Littig
Mrs. McDonough/ English 31
September 10th, 2017 Period 2
Ideological claims of American Culture : Baseline Synthesis Essay While other countries build their culture off of the religion, ethnicity, or race which is unique to them, America pridefully stands behind a different idea of originality, which holds just as much value to it’s citizens; a widely diverse society which can be seen as a ‘melting pot’ of different races, ethnicities, and religions which integrate to create the nationality they so proudly call their own; American. Three seemingly contradictory texts; “Why Superman is the Greatest American Hero,” “Why I Love a Country That Once Betrayed Me,” and “The Meaning of the Super Bowl”, together reveal the …show more content…
American football has been a huge tradition for generations, and whether one's family follows football or not, chances are they will end up watching the Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL) each year. Watching the superbowl has become such a big tradition in American culture, to put it into perspective, “Americans consume more food on the day of the Superbowl than on any other day of the year, except Thanksgiving… In the United States, more money is bet on the Superbowl than on any other event” (Mandelbaum). The Super Bowl creates a reason for Americans to gather with friends and family and celebrate something which has become as significant a holiday in their culture as Thanksgiving, or any other …show more content…
As pointed out in the article “Why Superman is the greatest American Hero”, by Brian Truitt, “Superman is protecting everyone and he sees everyone as equals” (Truitt). These contradictory texts, when analyzed, can be seen to aid each other in revealing the truth about America. Similarly to how Superman sees everyone as equals, Takei reiterated this idea in his telling of when there was a manpower shortage, and the military was opened up to include Japanese-Americans for service, “they said that they were going to fight… because
Lauren Littig
Mrs. McDonough/ English 31
September 10th, 2017 Period 2
Ideological claims of American Culture : Baseline Synthesis Essay While other countries build their culture off of the religion, ethnicity, or race which is unique to them, America pridefully stands behind a different idea of originality, which holds just as much value to it’s citizens; a widely diverse society which can be seen as a ‘melting pot’ of different races, ethnicities, and religions which integrate to create the nationality they so proudly call their own; American. Three seemingly contradictory texts; “Why Superman is the Greatest American Hero,” “Why I Love a Country That Once Betrayed Me,” and “The Meaning of the Super Bowl”, together reveal the …show more content…
American football has been a huge tradition for generations, and whether one's family follows football or not, chances are they will end up watching the Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL) each year. Watching the superbowl has become such a big tradition in American culture, to put it into perspective, “Americans consume more food on the day of the Superbowl than on any other day of the year, except Thanksgiving… In the United States, more money is bet on the Superbowl than on any other event” (Mandelbaum). The Super Bowl creates a reason for Americans to gather with friends and family and celebrate something which has become as significant a holiday in their culture as Thanksgiving, or any other …show more content…
As pointed out in the article “Why Superman is the greatest American Hero”, by Brian Truitt, “Superman is protecting everyone and he sees everyone as equals” (Truitt). These contradictory texts, when analyzed, can be seen to aid each other in revealing the truth about America. Similarly to how Superman sees everyone as equals, Takei reiterated this idea in his telling of when there was a manpower shortage, and the military was opened up to include Japanese-Americans for service, “they said that they were going to fight… because