American Flag Stand For Tolerance Analysis

Literary Analysis Accepting people different than us is a hard thing to do, but we still need to accept them if society ever wants to get along with each other. There is a lot of hate and non acceptance in this world but it just takes one instance for two nations and cultures to learn to accept each other. Cultures are afraid of other cultures because there beliefs are unknown and this is the main cause for hatred and discrimination against them. Three stories that tie into the fear of the unknown causes hatred are “The American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, “Without Title”, and My So-called Enemy. All of these stories have conflicts caused by the unknown and this causes hatred among two groups or cultures. In the short story, “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” a man named Gregory Lee Johnson burned an american flag during a protest and he was arrested. He took his case to court and they found him not guilty and this was probably hard to do because you want to stand up for the flag but this case showed that we as a nation need to accept people of all beliefs and cultures. “ The Supreme Court was not wrong. Indeed, a decision …show more content…
Without vision he had migrated to the city…”(39)The reader can infer that this man's wife is probably the reason they moved because in the story it says “when he brought home his horns and hides my mother said get rid of them” (Glancy 39). His wife is afraid of the traditional rituals and traditions because they are unknown to her and this is the reason why he is sad and they moved away from his tribe. This story happens due to the fear of the unknown and his wife's blindness to the unknown she is too scared to care about her husband and to let him stay where he is