What is an American?
I got some interesting answers when I asked four of my friends "What is an American?" Some of the answers overlapped and some were in a category of their own.
The first person I asked responded: "An American is a free person that has the right to pursue any goal or dream that they have."
The second person I asked stated: "An American is someone that has the freedom to be an individual yet still be part of a whole."
The third person I asked gave me a bunch of adjectives and nouns stating what being an American is including: "prom, hot dogs, fire works, beer, BBQ, the red white & blue, and freedom." (Kind of sounds like Texas to me!)
The fourth person I asked said: "An American is someone who lives in America and has ancestors who came to America many years ago. In the near future being American won't only be a nationality but also a heritage. For example, I am a little Scottish, Irish, English, German, and Polish but in future generations they will say they are Americans." (I found this last response to be the most interesting!)
Hi Madison, Thanks for posting the responses you got to our question. I think all four reflect different parts of the ambiguous answer, though I suspect there is not one single answer. I liked the last one the best too, since it seems to connect with de Crevecoeur. Good stuff. dw
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