American Symbols

America is represented by an eagle for many reasons, instead of the turkey like Benjamin Franklin wanted to be the national bird. Eagles are cunning, bright, fierce, strong, and mostly independent, just like America. The Eagle is also as free as any creature could be because they have the freedom to fly, just like America is one of the freest nations in the world.

America is definitely more a salad then a mixing pot or soup. Everything is together, but it contains its only person identify, just like everyone in America is together, but their keep their own culture. If America was a mixing pot, wouldn’t every different nationality conform and we’d all speak the same, wear the same clothes, have the same traditions and religion? The salad keeps its leafiness and the tomato keeps its seeds, but they still live together.

America is like football. It’s unique and not a lot of other countries play or follow it. America is a very unique country because not a lot of other nations have the same liberties or freedoms we have. And of course football is unique to America because we’re the only ones that call it football when the rest of the world calls it… I don’t even know what they call (rugby? Handball?), but their football is soccer to us.

Okay, I don’t know the first thing about cars, so this is the first car that came up in Google when I typed in “fastest and newest car.” The car is like America because it’s apparently very fast, just like the culture of America. We are always moving. I went with my friend Maddy to her Spain trip meeting and Mrs. Bellis said the seven times she has been to Spain, she has only ever seen one fast food drive-in place. Dinner in Spain is about connecting, while dinner in America is about getting fuel to still move as fast as we can, like how cars need fuel. We can’t run on empty. This car is apparently the newest car too, which is like America because we always want the newest thing. We are never content with what we have. 

This Obama campaign poster represents America in so many ways. The poster itself says progress, and America is all about progress. America is always trying to advance anyone possible and push the envelope of achievement.  The obvious part is as president, Obama represents America. He represents America’s choice in voting and its democracy. Another obvious part is the colors represent the America flag, which also represents America.