https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q en-us 2018-04-24 13:42:07 UTC 2025-05-14 07:50:45 UTC hello@padlet.com charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/256840895 This shows that you need to "act" american and to do that you need to respect other people's religions, sexuality, economic backgrounds etc.]]> 2018-05-01 13:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/256840895 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/256845223 this article shows that 93% of american believe that following america's laws and institutions is very important in being american. 91% of people find it important to be an american citizen and 88% of people say it is important to accept people of different racial and. religious backgrounds]]> 2018-05-01 13:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/256845223 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/256848314 2018-05-01 13:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/256848314 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/258907384 I created a google forms survey to ask my peers what they thought it means to be american and some of the results I found interesting where that 75% of people said it meant being accepting of all religions, sexuality, races, etc. 53% of people said you had to be a citizen, 92.9% said you didn't have to be white, 100% of people said you could be LGBTQA+, 39% of people said protesting against laws and the government if they are unconstitutional and 17% of people said you had to support whoever is in power and the government. This shows that most people are believe you have to stand up against unconstitutional acts, be accepting of all races etc and be a legal citizen to be american and that you can be anybody of any background to be american.]]> 2018-05-08 13:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/258907384 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/258907883 Esperanza feels to truly belong and be american she needs to achieve her idea of the american dream which is owning a big house with a picket fence and not conforming to the traditional but somewhat misogynistic customs of her ethnicity and until she accomplishes her goal and dream she ill alwyas be an outcast and chained to mango street.

"...one day we would move into a house, a real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn't have to move each year. […] Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence." (CIsineros 4)]]> 2018-05-08 13:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/258907883 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/258912694 this quote hsows that Esperanza feels the need to achieve the american dream to finally feel completely american and unil then she feels tied down by her ethnicity and social class

"I want to be
like the waves on the sea,
like the clouds in the wind,
but I'm me.
One day I'll jump
Out of my skin.
I'll shake the sky
like a hundred violins."]]> 2018-05-08 14:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/258912694 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/259828803 During the 1960s the idea of being american changed from being reliant and completely trusting of the government to making their own decisions and protesting against what they thought was unjust like the Vietnam war. Being an also meant fighting for what you believed in period meaning civil rights of black people and right for women. It also meant I new sense of patriotism during the Space race with Russia and the modernization of american with the new technology]]> 2018-05-11 01:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/259828803 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/259978459 2018-05-11 15:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/259978459 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/259990667 2018-05-11 15:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/259990667 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/260272377 This shows a different side to how people view Americans. This song shows that Americans can be viewed as self-centered and only caring about something when its relevant and we can see that through the support in gun control laws sky rocketing after the Parkland shooting and other school shootings.]]> 2018-05-13 21:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/260272377 charlotteelk5660 https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/260275965 2018-05-13 21:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotteelk5660/gyzw6do53r0q/wish/260275965