What It Means To Be An American Essay

Austin Rattee Period 3 What does it mean to be American? Im American, your an American, my parents are American, but do we really know what it means is the question. If you asked 20 different people what it means to me American I bet you would get 20 different answer all very different. Being American means you have rights such as The freedom of speech.
You have Independence and Freedom as an American the Statue of Liberty and Bald
Eagle are examples of our Freedom here in America. America is much different than other countries we have diffrent Freedoms and Rights. Did you know that in places like China and Afghanistan, girls are not allowed to attend school simply because they were born female. In America girls can attend

Here we can have as many kids as we would like although places in china only allow you to have one kid. There are many different things from America and the Countries around it. America allows people to marry who they want, regardless of age, race, and religion. In many countries girls are forced to marry at very young ages, often providing a profit to their families. Other countries also only allow the man of the house to work and not the females. Often in other countries females can not even own property even if it was passed down from a death or a family member. Here in America we also have a bunch of programs to help people like the soup kitchen and lots of others. What most Americans dont uunderstand is why we have limits or laws. If we didnt have limits or laws the people in our country would probably be hurting other people then America would look like Iraq or Afganistan. A total war zone with constant patrol and war. To be an American it means I can vote for who I want and do everything I want as long as it is not against the law. To be an American means that your free. To be American it means that I can pick the job I want the shift I want to work.