J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
J. Hector strongly shares how much more welcoming America was then Europe. He believed that everyone that came to America brought their own sense of national character, and that formed such a heartfelt pleasure. Since everyone coming to America was trying to get away from the strict invisible power and the huge manufacturers, there was no great difference between the rich and the poor. (The rich and the poor are not so far removed from each other as they are in Europe pg.293) J. Hector pointed out how who you married in America didn’t matter. He brought up the whole melting pot factor, how you could marry anyone nationality you pleased. So this brought me to think, how has the melting pot formed America? How would America be different if we didn’t have so many different nationalities?
posted by Anonymous at 9/02/2006 11:52:00 AM
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The melting pot has formed in America just like cotoole4 said, however it is still being created today. Besides history, there is an undying want to immigrate to America. In other countries, people would rather be here and in poverty than where they are. For this reason, the melting pot grows. China, Mexico, and Cuba for example have people coming to our melting pot and helping is grow our culture AND our economy. Without many of these migrant workers, we would have a shortage of people working their minimum wage jobs. As J. Hector said, this land gives us "land, bread, protection, and consequence," however I feel that now we can offer freedom, choice, and opportunity.
I agree with cotoole4 that American would not be as advanced in many different areas if it wasn’t for different cultures. Different cultures have influenced our country mostly in a positive way, but also in a negative way. Many immigrants throughout history have brought different diseases to America, including malaria, polio, and tuberculosis. I also disagree with cotoole4 when they bring up the Indians. When the English first arrived in America, the country was mostly empty. Now when we try to limit the number of immigrants entering our country it is because we have to worry about overpopulation. America already has a many homeless people and is running out of places to build housing. I’m not saying that what we did to the Indians was right; I just don’t agree that history is repeating itself. The circumstances today are very different than they were when we first arrived in America.
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