The Crucible And I Hear America Singing

From Plymouth Rock, to the Salem Witch Trials, to the pride of the American worker, each story represents a different time period, and it is evident how American history has influenced American literature. Early American life was based upon the Prutain lifestyle. Their daily lives revolved around the Bible and doing the right thing. William Bradford writes the story Of Plymouth Plantation explaining some of the toughest times in American History. Arthur Miller goes on to write The Crucible a drama set in Salem, Massachusetts explaining the Salem witch trials. By now there are settlements in America but things eventually get very chaotic. Finally Walt Whitman writes the poem I Hear America Singing which explains the pride in America’s hardworking people and how their way of life has improved. The evolution of American Literature is demonstrated through Of Plymouth Plantation, The Crucible, and I Hear America Singing because they signify

In this poem he is explaining how he is proud of the blue collar community that have worked hard to give their family, and themselves a better life. He explains how he can hear various carrols that these people sing. He says the carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam. This shows how America has reached establishment because by now we have set laws and jobs with a daily routine every day. It also shows how teamwork is not a necessity to life anymore, and people focus on themselves and their families, not what others are doing. Walt Whitman writes how he hears each person singing what belongs to him or her and none else. Americans around this time worked for their families unlike in the story Of Plymouth Plantation where they worked hard just to survive. Things are looking up for Americans right now as they have finally experienced establishment in their