To be an American it’s a native or citizen of the United States. But what is the true meaning of being an American? An American is someone who wants for granted to have freedom in life to live the lavish lifestyle. Like for example, the Statue of Liberty represents the symbol of freedom and another symbol of freedom is the national flag representing liberty. Dozens come to America to migrate and wanting to be known as the name of they’ve always been wanted to be called is an American . Citizens in the United States want their dreams to come true, they believe in it like how it’s the magical place ever and the happiest place on earth to live in but in general it’s not what they think. As usual, many come to America for a better life and for their own reasons and beliefs. Like for example, many immigrants would like to migrate and come here in America. Therefore it was stated in the short story America and I by Anzia Yezierska “From the other end of the earth from where I came, America was a land of living hope, woven of dreams, aflame with longing and desire”. Also stating “I arrived in America, what my mother and father and their mother and father never had a chance to give out in Russia, I would give out in America” meaning that her family traveled as immigrants to live in America and start a new life, like it was a mission …show more content…
For instance, like imagining yourself stepping foot in America for the first time. How would you react? I would react by with all mixed emotions of being happy and accomplishing something in your life and moving forward and forget the past. For example “Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—let it be that great strong land of love”or “the homeland of the free”. It’s explaining how we’re using imagery and American history, which the image of showing us the way that dreams have been concepts and not realized by all