What is an American?
September 16, 2009
What does it mean to be an American? Well in my own opinion, being an American means to be free and seek a better life and to be a hard worker. Americans are free because no one can control their actions. They have the right of free speech, trial by jury, and freedom of religion. Also people look for a better life so they will be prosperous in the future, so their family will grow up wealthy, like my grandmother. My grandmother was born in Mexico. Around the age of 8, she was working in the fields every day starting at 5 am and wouldn’t stop until 5 in the afternoon, then she came to the United States as an adult seeking a better life, and she found it. My grandmother currently is very wealthy and has 6 children all grown up past the age of 20, she works very hard everyday and she has her own big house. She couldn’t ask for anything better. Hard workers such as construction workers and office managers work hard every day to earn a living in the world today, they work very hard much like most Americans.
