https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct Made by da Main Man en-us 2017-12-08 13:48:52 UTC 2018-01-04 19:07:45 UTC hello@padlet.com etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/214495777 The Title acts as an opener to a letter as the speaker is writing a letter to America.]]> 2017-12-08 14:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/214495777 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/214497726 The speaker says he has given everything to America for nothing in return.]]> 2017-12-08 14:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/214497726 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215002532 The speaker begins to criticize America by barraging America with questions of why it is not better.]]> 2017-12-11 13:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215002532 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215011104 The speaker speaks with such intensity that it is obvious how close to the subject the speaker is and how he feels personally.]]> 2017-12-11 14:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215011104 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215021430 In "America" the speaker comes to the realization that what ever America does or withstands is also him encountering the same for he is America for he is American and America by association.]]> 2017-12-11 14:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215021430 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215412484 "America its them bad Russians. Near the end of the poem the speaker starts to speak gibberish, and he does this to show how he perceives the media in America.]]> 2017-12-12 14:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215412484 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215415015 Near the end of the poem the speaker starts to repeat "America" and states commands for America to do to become a better nation.]]> 2017-12-12 14:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/215415015 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218257160 The speaker in America frequently uses curse words or strong vocabulary to get his ideas across and how dramatic it truly is to him.]]> 2018-01-01 17:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218257160 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218371182 It is clear the speaker does not like war and hates how america is always involved in it showing that they do not like some actions that America takes.]]> 2018-01-02 18:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218371182 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218566655 In the poem the speaker starts to describe himself. What is said is not "good" and it is made apparent that it is due to America that he has become this way.]]> 2018-01-03 17:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218566655 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218568116 there are multiple shifts throughout the poem from speaking to America to about oneself from America and finally from oneself again.]]> 2018-01-03 17:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218568116 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218568439 the speaker portrays himself as an enemy but also as a help on hand to America showing he is not for America but needs America to thrive so he can thrive.]]> 2018-01-03 17:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218568439 etvillalpando18 https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218569378 The speaker makes many references to America's past and present (at the time of the writing of the poem) and I do not fully understand all the references but i do get the general idea.]]> 2018-01-03 17:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/etvillalpando18/ho2zavv1yqct/wish/218569378