Freedom and independence are the deepest feelings that Americans give me. 1620, the ship crossed the ocean and arrived at the Mayflower in the New World. In order to create an ideal "City of God", 100 many Calvinists and indentured slaves who demanded the thorough removal of the remnants of Catholicism in the state religion signed the historic Mayflower Convention, which in itself was a great innovation of freedom at that time. Most of them fled from Nottinghamshire, England to the Netherlands where Calvinism prevailed at that time, and then sneaked back to Plymouth, England, and decided to take a boat to the New World. Massachusetts Bay in North America is very cold in winter. Imagine that they were willing to leave their familiar hometown and civilization and explore a barren land together for freedom and belief. This spirit of freedom and tolerance is not only the reason for their success, but also the continuous blood injected before the birth of the United States, which has continued through vicissitudes.

American political freedom. In addition to the rights explicitly stipulated in the Constitution, they still have many freedoms derived or interpreted by the Constitution in real life. For example, once at a friend's house, the host humorously told everyone that the party was not only to celebrate the festival, but also to celebrate his change from a democratic party to a Republican party, and laughed that he might become a democratic party again one day. This is a bit of a joke to "political" China people, but when I think that even Hillary Clinton once switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, and then her career was smooth, I understand that this free transition is nothing unusual. Americans are also free in life. According to statistics, about 40 million people in the United States move for various reasons every year, and they have to change jobs four times on average in their lives. They constantly pursue new experiences, experience new lives and face new challenges. This pursuit of freedom will not stop because of ease, nor will it hesitate because of risk, nor will it shrink back because of authority. They are like a group of gypsies with families, and they are taking that kind of spiritual adventure. It is in this frequent transformation that we see that Americans like the spirit of freedom that is fresh, adventurous and arbitrary, although this freedom means ego, frustration and even danger.

Accordingly, the freedom injected into personality can easily lead to frankness and frankness. Americans have implicit frankness in daily conversation, which is different from Asians. They won't beat around the bush to hide their intentions. Just like the answer method in TOEFL, you should first show your attitude and point of view, and then start to demonstrate; Just like the total score structure in academic papers, you have to start from scratch and draw slowly. Each article consists of several sub-arguments, and each sub-argument is supported by several arguments. Americans may also be the nation that is best at saying "no". When they refuse you with a big smile, they will not let themselves bear the burden they think they should not bear because of face or vanity. Generally, things that are swollen and fat will not happen. Because of this frankness, Americans often seem to be a little "no big or small", and they will take the initiative to ask questions or express their opinions in class life, and the posture and tone at that time may be very casual.

Freedom will be accompanied by independence, and independence will give birth to freedom. Americans' journey of independence may have started as children. At the beginning of kindergarten or primary school, parents consciously let them do simple housework. When they are older, children begin to exchange pocket money for washing dishes, weeding, killing insects, delivering newspapers and taking care of children. By the age of 18, even if the parents have fulfilled their parenting obligations, the children have mastered many survival skills, including driving. Because of the educational system and ideas mentioned above, children will find their favorite majors more easily, so before the SAT, the American "college entrance examination", most children had their own majors and universities in mind. Thanks to the popularity of transportation, the proportion of extracurricular activities and frequent social activities, American teenagers are not restricted by school life like their peers in China, and their psychological age and physiological age will be more mature. After all, people are social animals, and only under the stimulation of all kinds of information can they form corresponding reactions and consciousness. No matter how clever a child is, he always depends on his parents' trunks like mistletoe when he is locked in a small room reading all day. How can they have independent consciousness and ability, and how can they grow lotus slowly and steadily in the fierce competition environment? As Mr. Fei Xiaotong said in the book "America and Americans", "The consciousness they have cultivated since childhood is deeply rooted, and there is no gain in the world without fighting. All happiness, even the love of parents, is conditional. " This sense of competition from independence runs through the life of every American. Freedom, independence and competition will inevitably mean the birth of individual heroism. Compared with the successful ancestors who made a fortune and prospered, people recognize those American heroes who started from scratch or struggled on their own. Perhaps this is a simple interpretation of the American dream.

The sages once said: "The beauty of service and seal is called glory, and the prosperity of etiquette is called summer", and they also said: "There must be a teacher in a threesome; Choose good and follow it, and change evil and follow it. " The United States today is a beautiful country, but the beautiful country is not limited to the United States.