How America Shapes People (Most Important Stories)

Izzy Rapacz

English 363

27 August 2012

Glass

How America Shapes People

            My idea of America is the raising of the flag at the Olympics, by the national anthem sung at my volleyball games, by the pledge of allegiance I hear every morning, by any honorable ceremonies, by the monuments and statues I see every time I visit downtown Chicago, the July fourth parade and fireworks honoring our independence, and by the country I represent when I go to other countries.

          The America I love has taught me all about the American community and how it joins people together. You never sing the national anthem or the pledge of allegiance alone or fun or honorable ceremonies aren’t spent sharing the feelings of only one person. It’s more of something you do not alone, but all together to create something better. These stories have taught me what it means to be an American – that you’re never really alone. You always have at least one person who is going through the same situation or feelings that you are going through. How the ceremonies or honorable statues make others feel.  America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.