Personal Narrative: Americas Gift To My Generation

An American essayist, H.L. Mencken stated, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants be safe”. I disagree with this statement because an “average man” wants to live. In order to live you must have two necessities; freedom and safety. I believe neither is more important than one another because being free gives you the opportunity to a safe nation, and a safe nation allows you to be free. You cannot live a life without exploring and growing because that would not be considered living. On the other hand, you cannot expect to be free without safety around you.

    It is important to remember how much of daily life is affected by the work of veterans. Walking on streets, going to school, eating at restaurants, and hanging out with friends all depend on the service of veterans. They may not receive the proper amount of recognition from the younger generations, but their work is appreciated. In actuality, they gained vital information that can be shared with the future generations. They have gained respect and honor for their duty for our

Freedom is what makes this fruitful and lustrous land our own, a place that we can call home. If it were

In order to maintain what our veterans have done I will encourage people to use these rights to maintain our democracy. I will continue to be grateful for these freedoms by using them. I will use these freedoms for good by using my rights for what is good for this country. I will continue to speak my mind. I will continue to be actively involved in government. I will register to vote when I am old enough and I will allow this democracy to flourish. I am forever thankful for the veterans who protected this democracy and my rights to exist in it

Freedom is a very important right. Some nations however do not allow much freedom like the USA. Therefore, I am glad to be a free American. If I weren’t, I would probably face problems like these.

Have you ever stopped and thought about how nice it is to be free? Imagine a life where you are not able to make all your own decisions by yourself and you are forced to do things by your government. You can’t choose your job, way of life, or anything. Everyday life just isn't the same anymore because of something that happened.

Americans have the fond of saying "It's a free country" but for it to be a free country it has it's gains and losses. Our so called free country has its costs. In order for it to be "free" most of our men go into war and fight for our freedom. Some of its gains is the Bill of Rights. Freedom isn't completely free.

“You have brains in your head and feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself in any direction you choose!”~Dr.Seuss. Today my generation has been given the chance to have freedom. Why you ask? This is because America went through a lot of arguing and fighting to get where we are today. I have been given the chance of a lifetime, to be in a world that I can be what I want and make decisions of my own. When I think of freedom I think of people who have chosen to fight for us and stand up for what is right.

This quote from Ronald Reagan “Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. We did not pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for protected and handed on for them to do the same.” Shows that america gave us freedom and now we just have to fight to maintain that freedom. We have recently been learning in history about how things used to be before we had all the freedom we do now and it just makes me realize how lucky we are today to have the freedom we have today and how appreciative of the people who fight for my country.

When the Declaration of Independance was signed, everyone then and now, hundreds of years later, still have freedom. American citizens can go where they want and do what they like. Most countries you have to listen to the leaders each word we have it much better than, what it is like in North Korea. Where

The United States of America is known for the land of the free and the home of the brave but there has had to be a lot of sacrifice for our freedom and we don’t give enough appreciation to the ones who gained it. We use the word hero to describe the veterans who fought for our country but really there is not word in any language that can describe how blessed we are to have the people who fought for us. There are so many people who go on with life and don’t think about what we take for granted. We are able to live how we want to live and do what we want to do and all our thanks everyday needs to go to the ones who made this possible, our veterans. You should always be thankful for what many people around the world have done for us and all the

America’s gift to my generation is we have individuality, we can bear arms, we have the right to vote, and we have freedom. Some countries have to wear specific clothing, they can’t have guns in their houses, or they are ruled by a dictator or king. America has opportunities and options to make our own decisions. We vote and aren’t influenced by one specific person, we vote and choose our representatives for the president, governor, mayor, and and any other political role. Some people that are in our military are related to us in some way.

Americans gift to my generation are the amendments. Without the amendments we wouldn't have the things we do today for example the first amendment (freedom of religion ,speech, freedom of press, right of petition).

America has given many wonderful gifts to my generation and the ones before mine. One of those things being a stable education. Many people around the world don't even get an education, I was lucky enough to have a provided education. Some people weren't even allowed to learn before me. Now education is a free will and we can learn if we have the proper material for it. Another amazing gift America has given my generation is technology! Technology has been used to further our nation's development and give entertainment, information, and advanced editing tools. Technology has been a big step in our nation's history. Many generations before mine did not have the pleasure of having this at their disposal. Luckily my generation was one of the

of us fail to cherish and value our granted freedom. Many of us do not