Journal Entry 15: The American Ideal

The americans fought for their own future. The reason why that phrase by Ralph links to the american ideal is because of the history of the americans. The early colonists had to stood up against the British government in the start of the revolution without the help of other nations. They made their own ammo, guns, and cities against the well armed and prepared british governemnt. Earlier this class, Romanticism was mentioned. Romanticism is the period of a kind of self discovery period for people. The noble savage is what it means. I can't really understand or see the connection between the quote and the ideas of Romanicism, so its quite hard for me to write this journal.
For me, this quote feels like a DIY, do it yourself. One person had to stand up to finish his works himself rather than relying it to other people. Its like saying being independent and responsible of your own dutues.
I really don't know how i can rewrite this quote much, its about as much as it can express. The last line, we talk with our minds is like saying the freedom of expressing idea. Oh~~~ there we have another connection of the American style of thinking, the freedom of press and speech. The freedom to express ideas and the minds. That's about all the connections i can find and make, besides that i really don't know. THis might bw one of the hardest journal for me to relate and connect to~.