Letters+from+an+American+Farmer

=__Letters from an American Farmer__=

This letter is directed to a variety of people that it could be influenced to. It can either be directed to the public mind, the reader itself, or the European individuals that wonder how life is in America. This letter is basically directing to the public mind influencing them the way of an American life being subsisted in the surface of the earth. Furthermore, this letter can also be seen as a persuasive letter for the fact that it identifies the privileges that an American could obtains. The message of this story is that it exemplifies the identity of an American’s life. Michel is trying to define the identity of an American in contrast to a European life style, and also incorporate nature. For instance, he analyzes in his story the way he thinks the Europeans are living in there society by using the literary work of [|personification]; “In Europe they were as so many useless plants, wanting vegetative mold and refreshing showers; they withered, and were mowed down by want, hunger, and war; but now the power of transplantation, like all other plants they have taken root and flourished”. The meaning of this quote is that it talks about how the people from Europe have such limited opportunities and no freedom what so ever. They are always put down and are unable to make decisions for themselves because of their political way of life they have established in their country. In addition, he also exemplifies how citizens that aren’t from Europe but more specifically are from the United States have self independence to make decisions and start a new refreshed life. So basically, the author defines an American and there way of life in such a great country that one can start off a new life to be successful in the future.
 * What type of letter is this? /Who is this letter directed to?**
 * What is the message and purpose of this letter?**

The time period of this letter was between 1735-1813 during the time when the French Revolution began and Europe was descending into the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars. There were many immigrants during this time period and a lot of them were immigrating to what the immigrants called “The land of great promise”. In addition, Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur was one of those immigrants that migrated to the United States.
 * What role does the time period play on the letter?**

The influence that this letter gave to the public mind had a great impact for the fact that it made people realize that America is a country where opportunities, freedom, independence, rights, and ample of subsistence was greatly established. People who weren’t relative to the American heritage were speechless or jealous of how society was occurring in America. The fact that Europe had numerous regulations that Europeans had to obey, many fled the country to relocate there lives in America where protection, food, kindness, and survival was a promise to the people. Being an American is not a need it’s a privilege and an honor to obtain and become successful in life is how Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur saw it as his point of view which greatly influenced many individuals.
 * Final Analysis and Conclusion**

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