Walt Whitman I Hear America Singing

America has produced many opportunities for the immigrants, who built the nation from the ground up. Those Immigrants are what make the American Identity unique with being recognized by the world. The nation went through the trial of fire beginning with the American Revolution, then the Civil War, and now Global Peace. Furthermore, each event has a common trait, which is the people, who came here to achieve their dreams. America has been the bastion of democracy and opportunities for many centuries. The similarities and differences between “I Hear America Singing,” “To Walt Whitman,” and “I, Too, Sing America” are viewpoints on America, motivates, experiences, and viewpoints.

Diversity s a value, that is shown in mutual respect and appreciation.immigrants celebrate their and others cultures. An environment where diversity is respected is where individuals apply all the experiences and share ideas in pursuit of business.in the article "what's American about America” by Ishmael read it stated “ at the annual lower East Side Jewish festival yesterday, a Chinese woman ate a pizza slice in front of Ty Thuan Due’s

Our country is a good example of what diversity means. Globalization has increased rapidly, making our society a more diverse place. Where individuals from foreign places with different cultures, race, and languages all unite to become one. As one of my favorite novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, once said, “The rich are different from you and me.” (Walter Benn Michaels 725) The problem here is that Fitzgerald failed to realize that the “rich” were the same as everyone else, except with more money. A diverse society represents a country with various people of color, socioeconomics, national origin, etc. Although we are all different yet, the same, and come from different places, race, color, gender, and socioeconomics, nobody is looked down upon nor superior to the other.

“People Like Us” by David Brooks examines diversity in America and argues that even though society tends to idealize diversity in a way, most of us don’t really care too much about it as long as we are happy. In the first paragraph Brooks states “ what I have seen all around the country is people making strenuous efforts to group themselves with people who are basically like themselves”. This is something that most of us notice on some scale, but what does it say about the need for diversity in America? Brooks explains “The United States might be a diverse nation when considered as a whole, but block by block and institution by institution it is a relatively homogenous nation” This is an irrefutable truth, we all know that cities like Laredo Texas and Lincoln Nebraska are predominantly white and in cities like Detroit Michigan and Jackson Mississippi the population is predominantly black. However, what we fail to realize is the extreme racial separation that is taking place naturally at a much smaller scale, not even city to city but neighborhood to neighborhood and house to house. Brooks backs up his claim with the following example, “In Manhattan the owner of a three million dollar SoHo loft would feel out of place moving into a three million dollar Fifth Avenue apartment”. Politics, religion, income, lifestyle and general outlook on life can change in a matter of blocks. This may all seem

America has always been associated with the idea of being filled with diversity and for the most part that is true. We are diverse in culture, ethnicity, religion, politics, income, character, and in many other ways. But when you bring us together we aren’t unified and as truly diverse as others might believe. “…what I have seen all around the country is people making strenuous efforts to group themselves with people who are basically like themselves” (Brooks 261). I agree with this statement because, it’s accurate in the sense that we tend to place ourselves in groups that we have more in common with just because

Diversity was an affect of the influx or movement of many people during the gold rush to California, which ultimately impacted the nation by inspiring similar dreams and hopes as people had become rich overnight striking gold. Within America there was a feeling and belief, whether you were an immigrant or born in the nation, could inspire to become wealthy or do whatever they desired. During the Gold Rush there was this new awareness that the nation by many Americans and immigrants that had different cultures and backgrounds, which created a unique atmosphere for the country to prosper. The American spirit was manifested during the Gold Rush by creating a new found of hope in many people around the world, and allowing them to start new beginnings. We have seen this same progression in today’s society by having the same values and beliefs of opportunity to dream and

Diversity means a range of different things. America is an official melting pot , every person you see is different . Walking down the street you never see anybody that looks exactly the same as you. America is filled with different Religions, color, shapes, sizes, and personalities. America is nothing but a word that describes a country. If you come from a different continent you are considered American. “The Edeka, in Hamburg, removed all foreign-made products from its shelves to illustrate how reliant Germany is on people from around the world.”(Washington Post). This quote shows how empty it would be if people weren't so reliant on other people around the world. Just like Germany, if America was to remove food off the shelves, the shelves would look pretty empty. The essay’s “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen and “ The Immigrant Contribution” by John F. Kennedy proves that America wouldn't be America without diversity. Diversity is the main thing that keeps America unique.

David Brooks, a political and social writer, commentator, journalist and editor wrote an article to comment on “diversity” and the nature in which people organize themselves in America. The article was published in The Atlantic Monthly, September 2003. Brooks responds to the issue which he see as the obvious: how diversity is a great deal in the United States but yet, no one gives heed to it. Throughout his response, he brings to our attention the various reasons why he think the issue is present in America. He also presents ways in which people could fix this problem by giving examples of what they could do. With all of that being the center of his response, Brooks did bring up certain ideas which I perceive as either agreeable or disagreeable.

Walt Whitman’s and Langston Hughes’s view on the socio-political conditions of modernity Walt Whitman in the poem “I Hear America Singing” mentions that American people are joined together, and they are working together for future development. Even though they have different occupations, and they are not ‘singing’ the same song, their various professions helping this country to develop this country by modernizing the general condition of the country. Whitman focuses on each person, and his/her jobs. These people working shoulder to shoulder as a whole strong unite, and expanding the production which is the essential element for development. He states different occupations such as mechanics, carpenter, mason, boatman, hatter, deckhand, shoemaker, wood-cutter etc.

In the middle to late 1800s, diversity swept across the United States of America. What is diversity? Diversity implies a wide variety in gender, race, culture, ethnicity, age, and other characteristics of certain groups ("Diversity," 2006). Diversity is present in every possible aspect of life. It does not matter where one goes or what one does in America, no two people look or act exactly the same. America has been and still is known as a nation of freedom and diversity. Today, America is considered to be the "melting pot," a place where all cultures are supposedly accepted and come together as a whole. Diversity is an issue that Americans have dealt with in the past, are currently dealing with, and will deal with in the

The mid 19th century was an exciting time in United States History. America was expanding, and some settlers were headed to the western shores of the continent in hopes of a better life, and for some to follow their dream of striking gold. On the other hand, African Americans were held captive, dreaming of their emancipation, and the women suffrage movement had just begun. Meanwhile, the American poet, Walt Whitman wrote, “Facing West from California Shores”, a short lyrical poem, in the year 1860. He included the poem in a collection called Leaves of Grass, which he self-published in the year 1855. Whitman demonstrated his highly artistic expression of sentiment with the irregular style of free verse; moreover, the poems tonality guides the reader to the sensibility of the speaker’s doubtfulness of ever receiving justification. In the poem “Facing West from California’s Shores”, Walt Whitman, uses the speaker to adopt the new world’s persona, he then uses the speaker to associate the imagery of the coastlands, along with word choice and order to incite an extension of civil liberties to American minorities, during the 19th century.

Walt Whitman was considered one of America’s most influential poets. He was born on May 31, 1819 in New York. He grew up in a family that had so much love for America; therefore his poems reflected his love for America and the nature of the American experience and its democracy. He published about 300 poems in the collection of Leaves of Grass; it became one of the most popular collections in the history of American Literature. Each poem represents Whitman’s honor of his attitude towards life and humanity. During the Civil War, Whitman, moved to Washington D.C. where his brother was fighting for the Union. He stayed there for several years helping wounded soldiers. Due to Whitman’s love for America, after the Civil War he continued visiting

“Diversity; The Art Of Thinking Independently Together.” -Malcom Forbes. When I look around at all the untied people of our nation I can see that no two people are alike. There are over 1,000 different kinds of religions in America alone. I like to think that we have a little piece of every country and then some. Every american looks different, sounds different and has a different goal for their life. Each american has their own personality, none of us think alike. We can see all of this in the world around us, we have many different kinds of architecture, companies, and schedules. There are about 146,730,000 people with jobs in America, each one with a different position, job and perspective.

Diversity can be identified on many levels, it can viewed from a broad statistical perspective generalizing only certain aspects of diversity such as two different cultures or it can be identified in a more individualize, how a person is behaving within his or her particular culture that deviate from the norm. Even though we are divers, we are basically the same. Because as human beings, we laugh, we cry, we get happy, we get sad, and we get angry. As human beings, we have our basic need for food and shelter. I believed diversity is carved within each individual through one