Walt Whitman's Poem I Hear America Singing

In Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” the speaker of the poem refers to the freedom of expression and the acceptance of diversity in the United States. But above all, it shows that no matter how different people with their “varied carols,” they all are connected with a feeling of national pride. This poem would obviously not work for the world because the United States’ viewpoints on topics such as government and religion conflict with many other countries’ around the world. It seems as though the world would be much more peaceful if the United States let other countries be the way they are, with “Each person (country) singing what belongs to him or her and none else.” But, that is not the case, the United States imposes itself to

In his speech, Beveridge exposes the hidden motive of economic gains as if it were a good thing. He actually talks about it more than he does of bettering the Philippines with American foundations. It can be inferred from his speech that he believes that the imperialism of the Philippines “means opportunity.” This shows that the main focus was to exploit the Philippines for its “resources and commerce,” while the establishment of “order and equity” was a nuisance that had to be dealt with in order for the affair t appear mutual. The language that Beveridge uses in his speech shows that he among other imperialists had no regard for the welfare of foreign countries. He envisioned “tens of thousands of Americans who will invade mine and field and forest.” By using words such as “invade,” he suggests that the consent of the people of the foreign country do not matter at all in comparison to the value of extracting all resources possible for the benefit of the United

And because their was no land within its own borders to expand to, the US had to start expanding to other countries. Before it began to imperialize, the United States was “fearfully growing.” This describes how it was expanding with little control because most of everything for them in their own borders was up for grabs. This poses as a solid reason as to why they would immediately start looking towards other countries in a delusional way. The US was looking at countries as if they were “new opportunities” as it had seen before when its destiny had manifested west. This is also a very possible explanation for why the US imperialists have such little regard for the foreign countries they desire to imperialize. Based on Turner’s beliefs, the little regard in imperialism happened because the moral integrity of westward expansion had always been neglected compared to the potential of further innovation. American history displayed this level of disregard because “in spite of environment, and in spite of custom, each frontier did indeed furnish a new field of opportunity.” Each frontier was a progression westward, and whatever was important at that frontier, would be put in the back seat to the importance of American growth. When the US ran out of frontiers in the west, it would look at frontiers on the global