What America Means To Me Essay

What does America mean? It is a hard question to answer, and there is no wrong answer, because depending on a person’s past it can shape someone’s answer to this question. To me America means sacrifice, freedom,and success. I have thought of these answers because of my past, and my families past. Another reason for those answers is because my family is foreign and came to America, for the reasons I listed, and after learning about my family's past, I can stand firm in my answers to What America means to me.

How can America mean sacrifice? Well there are many different reasons for America meaning sacrifice. To most people it applies to the military, which might be the most appropriate answer, because the people in the military sacrifice

Most countries do not give people full freedom, and yet we take our freedom for granted, and don’t realize how lucky we are to have freedom. When the pilgrims came to the new world, they came to have freedom, religious freedom. I know some countries don’t allow religious freedom, and if anyone goes against the established religion, they will be treated harshly. There is another type of freedom, the freedom of speech. Once again, many countries don’t have the privilege to speak freely, think about that, if they say something wrong, or have an opinion that in the eye’s of their government is wrong, then they will be punished. Freedom of speech allows to have any opinion we want, even if it’s an unpopular opinion, we can still have that opinion. Or maybe we don’t like something about the government, we can go against the government, and stand up to them, and we won’t be persecuted. Many countries punish those who speak against the government. Though at one point we did not have freedom of speech, the Sedition act of 1798, which stated that anyone who goes against the government, or have malicious writings about the government would either be fined or imprisoned. I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."-Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906