Patriotism after 9/11
Patriotism is love for his or her own country. In Barbara Kingsolver's "And the Flag Was Still There", the Sacramento Bee's "Flag merchants see little letup since Sept. 11", and the Daily Californian "More students considering military, intelligence careers", they all show patriotism in different ways after the September 11th attacks. The terrorist attacks of September 11th have affected patriotism in a positive manner because of pride in the flag, unity in the community, and enrollment in the armed forces. Although the terrorist attacks have affected patriotism positively there are instances where the attacks affected patriotism negatively.Yes, there are those few cases in which some people have a false sense of patriotism. In Barbara Kingsolver's, "And Our Flag Was Still There", she mentions an instance when a white man was screaming in the streets that he was an American and then killed a Sikh man wearing a turbine because he was not a native born American. Obviously this incident is a distortion of patriotism; this man interpreted the word patriotism as being the white race. He did not see everyone in thi
There was strong sense of patriotism in communities across the county. Everyone in the community was willing to get involved, young and old. In this case people wanted to show patriotism by donating things needed and holding vigils in remembrance of September 11th. In Barbara Kingsolver's, "Our Flag Was Still There", she talks of her community holding vigils in prayer and remembrance of the victims of September 11th, donating blood to the Red Cross, and he school children collecting donations to be given to kids who lost their mothers or fathers in the attacks. In other communities there were drives to collect food, water, socks, boots, and clothing for the workers at the World Trade Center site. There were communities that put their small minor problems aside to help with the problems of the country. They put their country first and that is true patriotism. Ultimately, in this essay, concrete examples were provided to show how the terrorist attacks of September 11th positively affected the patriotism of this country. The people of the U.S have showed patriotism by the flag, by unity in the community, and enrollment in the armed forces. It
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