Synthèse anglais Mythe et Héros

MYTHE ET HEROS :

During the school year I focused on a chapter entitled « The USA : still an American dream ? ». By studying the concepts of the American dreams through the experience of immigration, it illustrates the notion « MYTHS AND HEROES » which I would like to define first : a myth is a story with a great symbolic power, it can be true or not and a heroes it is a person who is admired for his outstanding courage or actions.

We will show this chapter is associated with the notion of MYTHS AND HEROES as it raises the following question : « Has everybody the same vision of the American Dream ? What are the characteristics and limits of the American Dream ? Does is still exist ?

FIRST, I will explain what the Melting Pot is and present positive experiences of immigration BEFORE concentrating on the limits to the American Dream. Then I will talk about the new challenge of the USA.

I.POSITIVE EXPERIENCES AND « THE MELTING POT »

The first document studied it’s an article entitled « American Melting pot or tossed salad », the author presents melting pot : It’s people from countries all over the world come together here to form one nation where we are all Americans. This metaphor implies that during that process, our diverse backgrounds, cultures, and religions melt away as we form a homogeneous American stew. This concept which helped build the myth of the Am. Dream.

In a second document, we studied a speech of Barack Obama when he was president, where he said « Everybody can make it here in America ». In fact, he believes in the American dream, in the concept of the melting pot and for him different origins do not matter in America.

The case of Ali Safi illustrate the American dream: an Iranian who immigrated to the USA and made a fortune in fast food by creating SUBWAY which is today a commercial brand spread in the whole world.

 However, through other document we will see the limit of the American Dream.

II. LIMITS TO THE AMERICAN DREAM

By contrast to B.Obama, Donal Trump suggests to build a wall at the Mexican frontier to prevent illegal Mexican people to enter in the USA, because he suggests they are rapists, and he regards as dangerous. For him « The American Dream is dead. »

Recently, we studied Ellis Island which was a special place for immigrants to regulate their entry into the US continent. Some people were refused and had to return to their mother countries. Thus, it illustrate a certain limit of the American dream, this one not being accessible to all.

 The American Dream has evolved throughout the years .. Now, the USA must face a new challenge and to cope with the new concept of « tossed salad ».

III . THE NEW CHALLENGE OF THE USA : HOW TO DEAL WITH THE « TOSSED SALAD »

Throughout the first document which is an article entitled « American : Melting Pot or Tossed Salad » the author presents tossed salad : this means that components of our racial, religious and cultural heritage remain intact, we identify with our groups outside of being just plain American. ( Mexican-American, African-American etc…)

The author thinks it is time to accept and tolerate the immigrant’s specific origins.

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