Faith In America

No other county in the world is quite like the United States of America. Every citizen of the United States of America have the freedom to speak freely, choose a religion, and ultimately the freedom of choice. “The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission” (Kennedy). Americans exercise the choice to do whatever or be whomever they wish. Given the freedom of choice, Americans have strong values, to have faith, and to be brave.
A very admirable quality about Americans is that we have strong, moral values. Americans have proven to have strong values because of what we describe as “unalienable rights”(Jefferson 2). An example of Americans
Americans choose to have faith. Faith has always been a huge part of America and often shapes who we are as people. An example of faith making us better is in Anne Bradstreet’s “Upon the burning of our house”. In her poem her house was burning down with all her things, which would normally be devastating. However, Bradstreet choose to see the good in it, she ends her poem with a strong message, “The world no longer let me Love, My hope and treasure lyes Above” (Bradstreet 6). In my opinion Bradstreet’s poem means since she has a strong faith in God, she knows she’ll get through anything and knowing this makes her a better person. Americans, like Bradstreet, use faith to better ourselves mentally and physically. Faith helps Americans today get through tough times such as loss, pain, etc. just like how religion helped Bradstreet to move on and be okay, not dwell on her house being burnt
We as Americans have demonstrated we are brave because we are willing to die for what we believe is right. A great example of an American willing to die for something he truly believes in is Patrick Henry, when he was giving his “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” speech. His whole speech was about how the king of England had oppressed the colonists we needed to take action and make a change. “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” (Henry 10) Henry was very brave to say anything against the king since it would be considered treason; The penalty for treason at the time was death. Americans, like Henry, are very brave and have shown many examples throughout history and in everyday life of how brave we truly