Individualism In America

Freedom of religion and freedom of Speech were some of the major values that drove the pilgrims to start their own community in America. We started in thirteen colonies which have evolved into the fifty states that are our country today. Our newly established democracy offered rights that our old society didn?t bring to the table. Currently, the United States is the most or one of the most privileged nations and is very pleasant to live in compared to some foreign nations that may come to mind. However, we, as citizens, have come to abuse our rights and privileges given to us.

Freedom. The main core of being an American. The Bill of Rights, added to the Constitution in 1791, guarantees us rights. Freedom of religion, the right to practice any religion of choice, or no religion at all. Freedom of speech, the right to express opinions when speaking. However, you are not allowed to say things that may harm other people, of things that are false about another person. Freedom of the

Is human nature inherently selfless or selfish? Although a seemingly simple concept, the aforementioned question has long been a profoundly controversial topic. While many claim that humans are intrinsically compassionate and inclined to help those in need, others argue that people instinctively prioritize their own individual security over other people’s welfares. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literary works, “Young Goodman Brown” and The Scarlett Letter, as well as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s renowned novel, The Great Gatsby, all reference the idea that people impulsively pursue perfection, as determined by their community’s values. While different communities establish different standards for perfection, society as whole romanticizes the idea of

For example, in the Syrian Refugee, one website called “New U.S. Assistance to Respond to Syria Crisis” explained that, “We also see the plight of refugees fleeing the region to European countries and are reminded of the need to provide humanitarian assistance and to promote inclusion and self-reliance in countries of first asylum”. Even though other countries are helping the Refugees but the countries have to make room for the people and make sure that the kids get education. Europe is being nice and letting these people stay in their country but then there are also going to be issues. Another example is from Darfur Genocide, one website called “American Response to Darfur” showed that “However, the US government does not act independently of the social current, and non- profit world lies in the background of official US politics”. America is feeling bad in for the people that are facing hard time in this Darfur Genocide problem and so they help them in this problem and later the realize that they are going to need to give lots of support to the people and realize that they have some weakness too. To sum it up, sometime when we help someone, we need to give them more than what they need. We have to make sure that everything will be fine and normal for the

One of the most important things in America is freedom. In 1787, our founding fathers based our constitution on the idea of of liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In our country there are a lot of freedoms one of them is speech you can be heard on your opinions and never have fear in what you're doing. Another freedom is your religion you can believe in your without fear of persecution of being discriminated against.

Take a look at all the service we’ve offered to other countries; whether it’s rebuilding homes in Ethiopia, or donating clothes for children in Haiti. It is said that service after all, makes a person feel better. Peter Ferrara quoted that, “An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need” (Ferrara 6.) World War II even has many examples of America’s selflessness towards other countries. So in a bigger perspective, the United States can be admired for their willingness to jump in and help other countries. After all, this country does have to recourses and technology to offer up as help (Ferrara 9.) This mere reason has helped America gain trust, and allies. Service is one of the most important things America can

     The United States and its people take great pride in knowing that the U.S. is the greatest nation in the world. That is why it’s our duty to father the rest of the world when conflicts arise. American culture and ideals are also thought to take precedents over all other cultures and ideals. In the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down, written by Anne Fadiman, there are many great examples of how American culture is imposed on the people residing with in its enclosed boundaries. The U.S. going to war in Vietnam is also a great example of how the U.S. tried to impose American values on the “less fortunate.” Through understanding America’s so

American society has several definitions. As far as the way people would think when the word is pronounced. Some might think community others might think culture, but in reality the American society is western culture that has been developed from long ago. It has just had it's fair share of add on’s over the past decades. The U.S. was just a country that happen to become unique and stable in it's own way. Kyle Reyes, author of the article “We just lost America,” points out how we send money to help other third world countries instead of our own: “We send billions of dollars overseas to help the homeless in impoverished and war-torn nations while we cut the funding for our own food banks and homeless programs.” This quote means more than what you people may see. This shows America has no morals nor priorities we as one suppose to help the next one down, but instead we provide for others. For instance America to other countries we have been seen as the leaders of the free world. The ones to come rescue the underdog those who seem to be in doubt America is who they call. Even though there's no bad in providing for someone when their helpless you're never should give to others before

America, a country built on what? Slavery? Freedom? Many say slavery played a vital role in the development of America, however many also forget to consider how true America has stay to one of our basic freedoms given as an American. Freedom to religion. Freedom is defined as the liberties to exercise one’s independence, rights, powers, political decisions, speech, and religion. Our freedom of religion is one of the four basic essential freedoms that has been exercised and tolerated by Americans for centuries. From the beginning of the development of Puritans to the U.S. constitution embodying the laws and basic rights of American citizens.

America’s foreign policy affects each and every person in the world in terms of prices, taxes, supply of gasoline, and the lives of our soldiers also depends on how we associate with US. This country can bring hope to the lives of the poorest people in the world. It is because of their persona that they are able to respect the lives of others who are not even their own. Most American citizens believe in embracing their values, justice, fairness, democracy, a helping hand when there is need and hard work. Their values are applied from their households, to

Western cultures like the United States and Canada, tend to be individualistic cultures because the individual and individual rights are valued more highly than group identity or group rights. We strive for endless improvement and perfection. You can find people with this type of culture with a competitive attitude and motivation to make oneself better. With this being said, face saving plays an important role of keeping the integrity of one's reputation.

American authors have shaped the role of individualism for us today in many ways from writing about being different, leading yourself, and overall, relying on yourself. I’m an individual because I believe differently from other people, I look at the world in a different way, when I can I try to work alone, I also solve my own problems myself when possible, and I tend to provide myself with my needs by myself. The values of an individualist in my belief are being different, solving problems by yourself, and providing yourself, and sticking up for your own beliefs. By reinforcing the values of nonconformity, being free, and having rights, some of the greatest authors have helped shape our American individualism.

In today’s age, we live in a society where it is almost deemed wrong to be your true self. Everyday people are trying to become one another. Nobody seems to be original. There is no way to escape it, everywhere you look, someone or something is telling you what to do. Trying to be someone else can be a harm to your true self.

To be an American is to have traits of freedom the thing that the founding fathers counted on is to have the will to speak freely and to have the will of religion in the constitution it say that every citizen should have life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This impacts and brings everyone from different places to help create a society that is free. The founding fathers also counted for the people to speak for what is right. The reason is because this helps out on what the people want instead of the government wants this goes to show that the people matter and that is what makes a person happy and also makes a person feel like they have the pursuit to be happy.

This illustrates that as long as we are not in calamitous jeopardy of being harmed or threatened, we have a moral obligation to help out others. The essay question contains the word “morality”; defined by the Black’s Law Dictionary as “pertaining or relating to the conscience or moral sense or to the general principles of right conduct”. Morals may be based on each perspective and their conscience, thus one may argue that their state of mind and their moral upbringing does not conform to those of others thus they see it as no moral obligation to assist other human beings; whether in the same country or not. But it should be realized that we live in a world that contains so many life threatening circumstances and other events that require assistance from others; therefore as human beings, we cannot sit back and watch as these negative circumstances continue to rapidly unfold.