The American National Character

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This assignment answers questions regarding the challenging issue of defining the American national character. It examines whether it is indeed possible to find trends among so much diversity and what characteristics are distinctly American, regardless of class, race, and background. The paper also discusses individualism and the "American Dream." It looks at several 'searchers' of the American national character and their findings through their works, including Octavio Paz and Alexis de Tocqueville.

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"Perhaps what these opinions are showing readers is that Europeans don't understand the American way of presenting news and information to citizens. Maybe this is also part of the American character "which is not connected to race, gender, and class" and that is the independence each community has from the one next to it. Every town has its own newspaper, of course, and that is part of the provincial spirit, the independent spirit that is reflected in towns and cities, but really has its roots in the people who populate those towns."

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