It is possible to discuss a country and be able to define its culture, except when discoursing on America. America is a melting pot of nations and the individual cultures that have relocated here. Men, women, children and families have come to seek ... decision. The poem "America" also speaks to dichotomy, the decision to come to America and continue to live here even though you hate it. It is a closed poem, a metaphor with emotions running raw throughout. We can feel the pain of this man as he tries to understand the duality of his existence. How can you survive in America when ... ...

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... ", we gain a sense of other cultures. In our big cities, we can find almost any kind of multicultural restaurant; examples like this define the global village. In our increasingly diversified world, we all come together as one and "the traditional metaphor for this is that of a mosaic".(Iyer, BR p. 307) We are becoming "E Pluribus Unum", or one from many as we approach ... ...

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