I personally believe that an American is someone born in America, or who has come to American and has worked their way to deserve ti be American. Any person who immigrated here but did nothing wrong and helped America in whatever way deserves to be known and recognized as an American. When I read the statement, "This American Life," my first immediate though is about how different the lives of Americans are as compared to the life of a 3rd world person in immense poverty. I think that "This American Life" is going to be based upon the life of a stereo-typical American, with all of the things we take for granted such as our freedom, our economical status, our government, our housing, our property, our families, and even our own lives. As compared to a lot of 3rd world countries, American has many freedoms and rights that other countries' citizens would kill to have. I might be entirely wrong about my thought, but these are just my predictions before starting to read the actual text. Another theory I have about "This American Life" is that it could be about what it means to be an American, including what Americans have access to, what their rights are, their viewpoints on people who are not American, and about all the freedom to do many things that some people desire greatly to do. It could talk about the view on government from the Americans' perspective, their views on the economy, on real estate, and on law itself. The American lifestyle is so different from many other countries, and I can not wait to start reading "This American Life." I want to revisit my thoughts on what an American is after the reading and compare what I think being an American is right now to what I think an American is after reading "This American Life." I do think and know that my idea on the definition of an American is different than many other people, and I really want to know what other people think being an American means before and after the reading.
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AuthorI am an average person in middle school with big dreams and a lot of time on his hands. I love music, art, and reading. I also love swimming and cycling. Archives
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