individualism

AmericanIndividualism

TheUnitedStatesisanemergingcountrywithmorethan230years

history,andwithouttoolonghistoryculturenortoomanyglorious

sbecauitissuchaspecialcountry,inmy

impression,IalwaysfeelthattheUnitedStatesisanationofcharacter,

theAmericansareagroupoforganismswhohavedistinctpersonality,

ticulture,patternof

consumption,racism,andsoon,allhavetheirownpersonalityand

characteristic.

IntheUnitedStates,everyoneisconvincedthat:everybodyhasan

equalvalueandachanceofsuccess,

contemporarysociety,thepursuitforequalityandlibertyhasbecomea

wayofAmericans’larationofindependencewhichwas

draftedbyPresidentJeffersondeclaredthatallmenarecreatedequal,that

theyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienablerights,that

theyareamongthearelife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness.

Onceremotetimes,AmericanContinentincitedtheAmerican

imaginationandrushedthestruggleofambition,becauofitsrich

nitedStatesSinhanPioneerPeriod,theindividualityof

pioneerswasnotbedepresd;Intheperiodofcapitalismorfree

competition,thereweresomeraggedandpoorboyswhochangedtheir

isday,the

Americansarestilladmired"Successbyindividualstruggle".Afamous

movie"thepursuitofhappyness"isamodelofthemainValuesfor

Americans.

However,theconceptoftheAmericanindividualismalsohas

uchfreedom,Addictionrates,crimerateand

divorcerateoftheUnitedStatesareStayingatahighlevel,andmoreand

account,thehedonismis

negativeeffectsshouldbenoticedandimprovedassoonaspossibleIfthe

UnitedStatesintendtokeeptheworldpowerstatus.