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American Self-making and Self-Help, Romanticism, "The half that was…

- - - - "So I took the Bible, and in that melancholy time, it came into my mind to read first the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy, which I did, and when I had read it, my dark heart wrought on this manner: that there was no mercy for me, that the blessings were gone, and the curses come in their room, and that I had lost my opportunity." (Rowlandson, 5th Remove).
        
        Rowlandson soon after the loss of her child is under the belief that she has lost Gods mercy.
  - - - ":There is a time when a Christian must sell all and give to the poor, as they did in the Apostles’ times. There is a time also when Christians (though they give not all yet) must give beyond their ability…. Likewise, a community of peril calls for extraordinary liberality, and so doth community in some special service for the church." (A Model Of Christian Charity).
        
        Winthrop was one of the original mouthpieces of the Puritans and his idea of charitability was kept throughout the colonies.
- - - - Bradatan also discusses the American dream but has a much less optimistic view of America.
- - - - One of the leaders in the shift to individualistic thinking with his speech, Common Sense, and helped unify the colonies in revolution against Britain.
    - - With his autobiography he helped craft the popular narrative of self reliance.
- - - - The first published African American female writer, made history and was a huge step in the fight for civil rights.
- - - - Early muckraker journalist that showed the struggles of those in poverty.
  - - - One of the biggest benefactors of Industrialization and believe in the wealthy have a social responsibility to help provide for the less fortunate.
- - - - "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled massese yearing to breahe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" (The New Colossus).
  - - - Uses foreigns womens struggles as a reason to be against immigration.
      - "The italian woman, rather than being a moral free agent, is absolutely subject to the will of her nearest male relative."
- - - - Ralph G. Martin
        
        "Who wants Coney Island, when its 10 degrees cooler here, when all you have to do is walk a few blocks to your nearest swimming pool." (Martin, 2).
    - - Allen Ginsberg
  - - - "It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of
        excess, and it was an age of satire" (Fitzgerald, 2).
    - - "I don't want to dance with him. I don't want to dance with anybody. And even if I
        did, it wouldn't be him. He'd be well down among the last ten" (Parker, 1).
        
        Parker began to break away from the standard mindset for women of her time, and show herself actually speaking her mind.
  - - - "We are average Americans. All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds." (AA, 1).