The Average American Analysis

Drayton Stringer B-4
The Average American
After reading George Orwell’s book, 1984, my opinion has changed on some important topics. After reading, I now believe that since this is America, people should speak and act like an American. Since we live in America, citizens should always dress and act like Americans. There are many benefits that can come of everyone dressing American, without blending cultures. In the book, children are trained to point out anyone who dresses differently, or odd. Parsons’ daughter even got a man arrested for wearing strange shoes. The same is true in today’s society. If someone dresses differently, they are discriminated against, and can often be ostracized from many activities, jobs, or even public locations. Even with laws to protect these rights, many foreigners are discriminated against. Many Mexicans in the US are paid much less than the minimum wage, because they are willing to work for less, because it is still better than it would be in Mexico. As long as they are legal, if they dressed and acted like Americans, and pushed for better rights, this discrimination would end and they would receive better pay, and people would no

While it is true that there is no special or specific way to dress to be seen as an American, all that they need to do is not dress in a way that is not going to obviously stand out. Specifically, most Muslim women wear hijabs to cover themselves in public. This stands out to most people as foreign and easily can mark someone as a Muslim. In today’s society, terrorism is running high, and many are in constant fear. This fear is directed at Muslims, and many view all Muslims as potential terrorists. With clothing that shows their belief, they become targeted for it. If everyone dresses with more common clothing that doesn’t stand out strangely, no one will be feared or targeted, and everyone will be treated