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American Self-Making and Self-Help, Following Faith and God is Important,…

- - - - I really liked this quote from Wheatley’s poem because it really puts into perspective on how you should cherish the time you have with someone or something rather than constantly mourn the loss of it. It’s better to view th positive and happy memories you had with them, then dwell on the moments you wont get to have.
- - - - “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” From the Declaration of Independence.
        
        This quote is important because it means that humans have equal natural rights that they were born with that cannot be taken away no matter what.
        
        Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams are just a couple of the authors of the Declaration of Independence.
        
        The Constitution is an important document that defines the fundamental laws of the U.S Government, sets the three principal branches of the federal government, and outlines their jurisdictions.
        
        “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” From the Constitution.
        
        The Constitution is important because it sets the government and places limits on it so that it does not become too powerful. It also guarantees every American fundamental rights and protection of life, liberty, and property.
        
        James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution
        Alexander Hamilton also assisted in the writing of the Constitution as well as many other historical figures.
- - - - “I was naive. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions, which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my exopectations to acheive a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself. But first I had to discover that I am an invisible man!” From Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royale”.
      - I think that this quote means that this unnamed narrator has been searching for their identity for many years. I think this is because he is a person of color who was expected to fit into society’s “cookie cutter” of expectations and was not able to embrace his true identity and culture.