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Analysis Of A Nation Of Immigrants

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“A Nation of Immigrants” is a phrase that can have many interpretations. I think it is in interesting phrase. A “nation” by my definition would be a country of people that has one governing body that everyone must abide by, and “immigrants” a person that resides in a foreign country. If you put these two words together, it does not seem like it make a lot of sense to have clashing cultures and ideas all under one governing body. Who is to decide what is right or wrong? Who is to decide how rules are followed? After several events that led to the birth of America, the dust settled and many different backgrounds were forced to live and work together in order to keep communities thriving. Wide ranges of people were forced to live together: English, Native Americans, Irish, Spanish, and Africans. Obviously, this was not the simplest task to overcome and there were many times where America blatantly failed to do so. I compare it to a family where there are many people with different preferences that settle their differences for the survival of the family. There are rules in place that the family must follow and disagreements must be settled with grace. Personally, I think the phrase “A Nation of Immigrants” can be taken at face value. People from different cultures came to America by different means for different purposes. First there were natives that lived in America and their various tribes’ cultures were dominant throughout the land. Close by there were the Mexican and

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