“Americans seem to live and breathe and function by paradox,” said John Steinbeck in his essay “America and Americans”. Steinbeck wrote about many different examples of Americans and paradox. “We are all self reliant and at the same time completely dependent.” This paradox is found everywhere in America, especially pertaining to a persons independence and the dependence for food, fuel, and electricity.
“We are all self reliant.” Americans like to be very independent in most things they do. Every American has the right to vote, the choice of wha