Examples Of Growing Up In America

To be an American
Americans often look to the American flag when thinking about what defines Americans. Despite that, being an American is much more than the flag. Various authors around America write about their experiences in America and how different people are treated. “America and I” by Anzia Yezierska and “Growing up Asian in America” by Kesaya E. Noda both write about their different experiences moving and growing up in America. “America'' by Walt Whiteman, however, talks about people in America being treated equally despite having differences. In these texts, being an American means having the right to have freedoms, the right to be treated equally, and to be given a new start. People all over America define what America is, which is

In the text “America and I”, Anzia Yezierska writes, “Choked for ages in the airless oppressions of Russia, the Promised Land rose up–wings for my stifled spirit–sunlight burning through my darkness–freedom singing to me in my prison.” (Page 15). This information shows that America is a promised land with freedom, and people across the world come to America to get that freedom that they may not be getting from other places. In addition, Walt Whiteman states in the text “America”, “Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich, Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love, A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother, Chair’d in the amend of Time” (Page 73). So, Americans have the right to freedom by being in a country with freedom, laws, and love, and can experience a better

According to Anzia Yezierska in her text “America and I”, Yezierska writes about her experience arriving in America. “I arrived in America. My young, strong body, my heart and soul pregnant with the unlived lives of generations clamoring for expression.” (Page 15) This information shows Yezierska‘s story about arriving in America and her hope for this new county. Another idea that Kesaya E. Noda states in the text “Growing up Asian in America” is, “But now I can say that I am a Japanese-American. It means I have a place here in this country, too. I have a place here on the East Coast, where our neighbor is so much part of our family that my mother never passes her house at night without glancing at the lights to see if she is home and safe;...’ (Page 88). This presents the idea that Noda and her family have finally felt accepted as Japanese- Americans in America, after moving to America generations ago, they have been able to start a new and better