What’s So Great about America? In the essay “What’s so great about America” by Dinesh D’Souza, the India born author shares his experience while living in America. D’Souza first starts his essay saying “Here is a country where everything works”(D’Souza 237-238), everything from the highway sign to properly working public toilets. He also emphasized how overwhelmed an immigrant can find themselves while visiting a supermarket for the first time. D’Souza then compares America to most countries today that does not have the most basic of health care products like deodorant which “is unavailable in much of the Third World”. New immigrants and people all over the world are witnessing the lifestyle of the poor in America living well, other …show more content…
Because of the standard of living in America no “socialist or revolution schemes” (D’Souza 238) ever erupt in the United States. Lastly, D’Souza state that people in America have a better life because having wealth (money) is not the end of their goals rather money is used to supplement their lavish lifestyle to another level. America is great because it is the land of opportunity, the poor and working class can live comfortably, the sick are taken care of, free education for children to give them an early advantages, and the rich respect their service providers. Giving that D’Souza is an immigrant from India, a country that is far less superior and wealthy compare to America, the article was a little bias from the author’s perspective. Although, his argument is well-back with facts. First, D’Souza said “here is a country where everything works” (D’Souza 237-238), that’s true for the most part, especially if you an immigrant who is not used to seeing these things function properly in your own country. Second, D’Souza shows his bias tone when he claim the United States is “unaffected by the inequalities of wealth”, perhaps that’s because D’Souza saw how the wealthiest in his country treated the poor that made him blind to see the truth. Although D’Souza did have some sarcastic and humorous tone in the article, one of his friends told him America is a “country where poor people are fat” (D’Souza 238). Furthermore, his tone changed when he brought up the Bill Gate and
Dinesh D’Souza wrote What’s So Great About America after the attack of September 11, 2001. It was a time of grieving for the many people lost in the attacks, but it was also a time that the country banded together and fought against the people that they thought were attacking them. The book was written so that people would be proud of their country long after the attacks; that they also would not so easily forget what they did for the country.
Dinesh D’Souza wrote What’s So Great About America after the attack of September 11, 2001. After the attacks, most people grieved, even if they knew on one that died; however, people also banded together and fought against a group they thought were attacking them. He wrote this book so that pride for America would radiate from the people long after the attacks; that they also would not so easily forget what they did for the country.
What sets America apart from any nation in the world is that it never settle. America, at times, has had the tenancy to spent too long in the darkness of satisfaction and despondency, but never has it settles in shadows. Every single time America has fallen or been knocked down, it has never failed to rise from defeat. It may take months, years and even decades, but America never stops pursuing the perfection of the unparalleled ideals it was founded on.
Source B, “What's so Great About America?” by Dinesh D’Souza, states that the American way of life is the right way of life. D’Souza says that the immigrants want the government to be less strict, while he wants it to remain the same. Although society is becoming more diverse, some people do not want to be a part of this. D’Souza is a part of the group of people who don’t want American to change.
Robert Reich explained to us, "Income inequality is inevitable and is the essence of capitalism, but when the gap became too much, then it became a problem to the society. Today, the United States has the most inequality distribution of income of all the developed nations, the richest 400 Americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million people put together"2. First of all, income inequality exists everywhere, it is not a problem for itself. Because of the income inequality, poor people know the life different between people, then they will work harder and harder to catch up to get rid of the poor, and to have a better life. The income inequality is a good thing when it is not much for is the source of power that makes people improve themselves. However, the data show that the income gap is too huge now, the income distribution is extremely unfair. 400 people have more money than the half of the nation, so now the great income inequality disturbs social inequality. Gregory Mantsios wrote "Class in America-2009", he provided some examples from the rich, middle class and poor family to discuss the different life condition of the different class in America. Mr. Mantsios state, "Despite what we like to think about ourselves as a nation, the truth is that
Many countries have fast food and obesity problems, but America takes it to a whole other level. People don’t cook as much anymore and don’t eat healthily. They also don’t exercise. It’s pictures like this that have everyone wondering WTF and perpetuate stereotypes as to why so many Americans are obese.
What is it that makes the United States great? Or rather, as the question should be, what made the United states great. The answer to that lies in its unlikely creation as a group of intelligent, motivated, firebrand rebels forged a new nation on the principles of democracy and freedom. Our leaders and policy makers have always come from the people, where your next door neighbor can if he so chooses, run for office and shape local or even national policy. This system, for the people, by the people, is what made us great. However, as time went on and as always the creation of man began to lose its purity and beauty, the political institution began to become less an embodiment of the people, and more that of a small group of the people within
In one time, William McKinley manifested “Expositions are the timekeepers of progress,” inspiring America that the workflow will be presented graciously. Reaching to the years of massive expansions, America had grown tremendously with goods and services. During the late 1890s, President McKinley urged Americans to transformed America into the greatest powerful nation in the whole world. In preparing for a strong nation, the Spanish-American War had enclosed their attainments due to tensions between Spain and United States. American had its victories and forwarded the Treaty of Paris which had control over several foreign countries. After the war, United States focused on up warding their nation. America’s progression of new
America is a wonderful place to live, because we are free. Freedom is important, and many people in other countries do not have much freedom. I am glad I have a place like this to grow up in; where I know that I can be equal with other races and other genders. Also, I am glad I have a place like this that will respect me and I know it will be a great place to have my children grow up in.
Why do I believe America is a great nation? America’s greatness comes from our freedom, our people, and our First Amendment Rights of religion, speech, press and assembly.
Fireworks cracking and lighting up the sky, hot dogs cooking on the grill, and a cold drink in a red, white, and blue paper cup. It is the forth of July, Independence day, the day Americans put all of their worries to the side to celebrate the freedom of the country that they live in, America. Those who live in the USA may experience more freedom and comfort then those who live in other parts of the world. America is highly praised for their education, diverse crowds, and socially accepting everyone despite their race, religion, or special needs.
America has always been the place of equal opportunity. The nation pours out “rags to riches” stories and makes people believe in miracles. Botton points out that issues arise when people think they can achieve these miracles. When the poor can not become millionaires, they go into mental turmoil. They cannot even respect themselves due to social expectation of making great from nothing. Soon, all fall into mental turmoil as none can achieve the greatness like they wanted. In addition to the failure to become rich overnight, Americans base worth on achievement. They push the want to achieve the unachievable and failure brings humiliation. Anyone can look to America and see that the land lost its equality when all were
What really made me interested and shocked at this topic was that the other countries that the boat people come near to pushed them away. Just after giving them supplies and repairing their boats, the countries push them away. Over the last three weeks, more than 3000 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh have arrived on Southeast Asia’s beaches. There are still an estimated 3500 more refugees in the sea or are blocked by the authorities of nearby countries.
Many economic concepts and theories about how a country should be run and what systems it should use have been argued and fought over since the beginning of countries themselves. An economic theory could be adopted by a country for a variety of reasons, whether it is religion, ideology, power-shifts, structure, etc. If the economic theory doesn’t collapse under itself, it will continue to be used or replaced by something better or worse depending on why the economic theory is being replaced: revolt, shift of power, invasion from another country, etc. However, there is one economic theory that has failed and collapsed over and over again, yet still continues to be pushed as a great beacon of progressivism and prosperity. This theory is known as Socialism and has recently been revived in the United States by a man named Bernie Sanders who ran in the Democratic Primary election. Although losing the primary, Bernie Sanders amassed a large group of supporters during his candidacy. In fact, a Gallup poll done in June, 2015 asked Americans “if your Party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be Socialist, would you vote for that person” (McCarthy)? The poll showed that 47% of Americans said that they would vote for a qualified presidential candidate who happened to be a Socialist (McCarthy). In this essay, I am going to explain why socialism doesn’t work, some of the many issues it has, and its past failures. Socialism is an unsustainable ideal
Now imagine if you didn’t live in America. Imagine yourself growing up in a second world country. You had no clean drinking water, you had to sleep on dirt floors every night, you only ate a couple times a week at best, and you went days without even seeing your mom. You had no one to take care of you because no one knew how to. You were on your own, without all of the luxuries you have so easily accessible in the United States.