Essay About America

The physical side is at one time they did love each other because kids were born. The shared activities are the fact they have children and they still do things as a family.

As we continue in our busy lives, we always take into account what the next days, weeks, or even months hold for us. But what do we Americans hope for in future years, as a country? There have been several events that have occurred around the world affecting our lives in a positive way. However, there were many crises that have set us back, though we try to strive and become even stronger. To continue improving America, we must have the ability to come together as a whole and progress as the days go by, setting a foundation for our future generations.

The American citizens who suffers from poverty did not have the choice to be or not to be in their situation so they suffered greatly since they were not given equal opportunity's as the rest of America. People might have thought that these people on the streets are just lazy people who never gave a damn in their lives and did not want to work for their necessities. But Michal Harrington knew the real reason why this so called "Other America" was the way they were, " But the real explanation of why the poor are where they are is that they made the mistake of being born to the wrong parents, in the wrong section of the country, in the wrong industry, or in the wrong racial or ethnic group ... [so] most of them would never even had had a chance to get out of the other America" (The Other

After mid-1990s (Swerdlow, 5), people from all around the world, including legal and illegal, searched for American dream and landed in the same location – United States. According to Changing America, “more than 60 percent of immigrants have come from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Latin America” (Swerdlow, 5), showing America’s high schools - such as J. E. B. Stuart (Swerdlow, 5) - are made up by difference races and ethnics. By looking at the picture on page eight, it demonstrates America’s distinctiveness of population.

America today is no longer a place in which we embrace the uniqueness of every individual, instead, today’s society heavily influences its citizens through the thoughts of other people, media, and by instilling fear of being different; they do so by giving the people the ability to “choose” who they want to be, in other words false choice. Throughout history there have been times in which all individuals in a certain area such as America, have made a drastic change to the way that they live in; the first one being The Great Awakening, followed by the Red Scare, which later is proceeded by World War 2(WW2). With the ability to spread one’s ideas to a large crowd over papers, online, and radio made it easier for their beliefs to spread and influence them. The only thing that prevents us from sticking to our beliefs, from what we desire to do, is the fear to be different.

Knowledge on how to make a better tomorrow while being an everyday American in America. Is something we all want to know how to do. Little do we know it all begins with history. Knowing your facts knowing what happened in the past can help better our future. So, studying and learning about American history makes a big impact on society. It’s a source we can consider getting an understanding of human interaction and how everything came to be the way it is today. So, it is left to us to share our history on to the next generation and so forth. This responsibility is not just story telling but it’s a chance for us to tell our experiences to the best of our ability. From viewing Howard Zinn’s chapter one its explains the history of Christopher Columbus and it doesn’t leave out what

The American stock market has crashed and the nation has been run into the ground. What once was a fast developing nation has had the brakes put on and is fighting to get buy. Work conditions were poor. Kids working dangerous jobs and getting killed daily. Men were being worked and weren’t even paid enough to survive on. Women had to join the workforce. In what seemed to be a never ending depression, Americans managed to

America in the present day is a tremendous living experience for many. However, it is not a utopian society, and not everyone is satisfied with what our country has to offer. I am one of these people. The extortionate investment of military spending, the frequency of death by guns, and the hindered equality for everyone in the nation are just a few of the many issues that the United States must fix in order for it to truly be the greatest nation in the world.

A country’s strength is not based on its successful economy, powerful military or the number of inhabitants it has. A great nation is great because of its people. America was founded by brave and hardworking men and women who traveled to an unknown land to completely start over. My hope is that today's people of America are as courageous as the ones who settled in the land that we now call home. We are supposed to be the home of the brave and I don’t ever want to lose our bravery.

Abraham Lincoln once said, “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” This quote has been lived upon ever since. America continues to become a hopeful place with all of the improvements that are constantly made everyday. Some ideas are not the best at first, but what can you expect we are only humans after all and make mistakes, which means there is another opportunity to learn something new and make it even better than the first time. There are multiples developments American have improved on since the 1900s such as: education, technology, and ways of transportation. The growth of these things only means that America has hope for the future and what can come.

According to the article “Immigration Statistics Fast Facts” in 2013 11.5 illegal immigrants came into the United States. 59% of those immigrants coming from Mexico alone! Three issues Americans face in 2017 are NFL Players kneeling for National Anthem , Racism, and Illegal Immigration. NFL players are kneeling for the anthem because they believe that they have a voice in the larger spectrum of racism and violence in America today. Racism in America never fully went away and today it may almost be as bad as the mid 1800’s. Illegal Immigration has been a main problem in the United States for some time, now it’s more of a problem then it has ever been especially with the election of Donald

As previously stated, time and money are what helps America run efficiently, But, as Allison Schrager states in her news article ”Unemployment holds steady at 5.1%, but only 59.2% of Americans have a job...”. She is posing if 5% of Americans cannot receive jobs and 59% do have them, what are the rest doing? Schrager follows up her questions by talking about the skill requirements of jobs push people who cannot work, “...a majority of people are out of the labor force due to the fact they might be retired or cannot find work as a result of their skills are not useful… ”. So as more people want jobs, they find those jobs more out of

What’s the problem with America these days? Well, what isn’t the problem? Just name the problem and it can be found. There is theft, armed robbery, pollution, politics, rape, drug abuse, child endangerment, and obesity. Speaking of, obesity, America is seen to be one of the fattest countries. Why? I’m sure there are many reasonable answers for that question, but for the most part aren’t you wondering who’s at fault for all this avoidable, nonsense?

The difference between today and the past in United States .Today we have the welfare to take care of people who has no money and to let them have free food and in some way they will find a home for you. But when Jurgis and his family came to united states no one take care of them and they were starving no one helped them . So that represent the life of immigrants today is really different than the past .the immigrants in the past came to the United States to become citizens in United States. They worked hard to achieve the American dream. According to the jungle book the author tells us that the American dream was specious not true. Today’s law any person under 16 years old cannot work and you are above 16 years old you should have papers shows that you are really in that age. But in the book Ona and the other kids were working and they made a fake papers to make their age older than they really are. The safety is really a big different between today and in the jungle book.

Each American has a responsibility to their country and each other. Living in America means that we have been blessed with certain rights that many other places do not also enjoy. Most countries in Europe have similar rights to America, however outside of America and Europe, there are many developing countries in Africa, Asia, the middle east, and central/south america that do not have the rights that we do in America. As Americans, we have a responsibility to learn about, and understand these rights that we have been given. As Americans, we should exercise these rights that we have been given. Living in America means that there are rights and liberties that we have access, we also have the freedom to become what we want to in life, however