If America were to remain under British rule it would only cause more conflict between the countries in Europe because other countries were trying to get a piece of America for themselves. Paine is saying that if America gains independence the fighting will stop among Europe, and America can benefit all countries with trade. 3.) Why does Chalmers equate independence with slavery? I think Chalmers equates independence with slavery because he already believed he was free under British rule.
The U.S. struggled with each issue and did what they thought was right, even if damage was caused. I believe we should have involved ourselves with the war, and that it was right. Jews were being exterminated just because of their religious views. Hitler was going "berserk" during that time period and we should have taken action earlier. Italy had a roaring fascist society which could hurt democracy in the world.
The American Dream is a common idea between Brooks and Dalton. The two essays, although similar in idea, approach the view of the American Dream in completely different ways. While Brooks has an optimistic outlook of the American Dream and where Americans are headed as a nation, Dalton is stuck in the problems Americans face in the United States today. Brooks believes that it is our imaginative fire that leads us to progress. Dalton is afraid that Americans are blinded from reality because they are given false hope of achieving the American Dream.
Mohsin Hamid expresses America is made out to be very prejudice of Muslim people in this novel. The arrogant American that meets up with Changez can be made out to have a strong dislike over Muslim people. However, the novel is more dependent and open to how the reader wants to take this. Hamid simply says what he can in this novel, even if it be racist, but each reader can take it differently. The American in the novel, whenever he is mentioned making a gesture or Changez describes his reaction, that’s the readers chance to think about what Changez is saying and can discuss their own thoughts on what might actually be said here or if the protagonist is saying the truth.
Also he mentions that people might have stopped appreciating America when we re-elected Bush because it made them all look like hypocrites. Hilton makes an interest point of humanizing America, saying that one cannot look at America as perfect, because its imperfection adds to the greatness of the country, he makes it clear that foreign countries attitude is freudian in the sense of, they do not want to look at what their own problems are, so they take a
One can easily see how the Unites States poses as a threat towards them. According to the article, “Peace and Security” Henry Wu agrees with me by describing how much of threat the Middle East is. The Middle Eastern nations can stand for ignorance chaos because of their own actions. It is very unruly of how much they destroy each other and tear each other apart. It is only logical for an American Citizen
This new type of patriotism that plagued the lands¾infecting many¾brought us Americans some much needed unification¾but at the expense of living in fear, out-casting the ones whom stand out from the norm. Some call this an improvement, that we’re now on our toes at all times. However, I completely disagree. I’d like to present the facts to you as clearly as I possibly could. Due to the September 11 attacks, America has changed for the worse.
The main reasons are Ideology, which is the way people believe we should live and Protection, sometimes called security. In a nutshell, there were two belief systems, Communism and Capitalism which thought the other method was wrong. Also, in the 20th Century Communist USSR had been invaded twice from Western Europe and they wanted to make sure that it would not happen again. USA and USSR fought together in WWII because they both needed to defeat the common enemy, Nazi Germany. Even then they didn’t trust each other; USA and UK had even tried to defeat the Communists after the Russian Revolution and that hadn’t been forgotten by the USSR.
Why America Should Stop Policing the World? There are two clearly defined sides to this question. One side would like to see America take a state of neutrality when it comes to overseas intervention. This side includes the anti-war protestors and critics questioning the recent war on Iraq. They say that America should let other countries worry about their own problems, because Americans already have enough problems to agonize over.
For example the British wanted America to join the war so made the Balfour Declaration in the hope the American Jews would influence the USA’s decision. Whenever the supporter began to waver from the path the Jews wanted them to take or a greater power came into being then they would switch allegiances and persuade the new power to support the Jewish cause. So perhaps the ‘West’ cannot be entirely blamed on this front as the Jews are highly manipulative and have lots to offer in return for support. Another factor although not, I believe, as important is Britain’s inability to satisfy both the Arabs and the Jews in Palestine as well as