~ 8th graders E pluribus unum / “One”
Essays ~
Sticking together is one of the most important part of our lives. The world would be a wreck if no one got
along. We can learn this from speeches, cartoons, songs, and many other great
sources. Don’t be prejudiced against a person because they are different.
Martin Luther King Jr. once
said “We may have all come on different ships but we’re all in the same boat
now”. He was trying to say “it doesn’t matter where our ancestors are from,
were all in the same country today and are citizens in our communities. Have empathy for all people and it
is wrong to segregate others. Respect one another and treat them the way
you want to be treated. People should like you for your identity and not hate you for your color or race.
EPLURBUS UNUM is a
great example of getting along with others that are not your race. It means
“out of many, one”. The cartoon is trying to say that after 911, Americans were
afraid of another terrorist attack. Some people would discriminate against all
of the Arab-Americans in our country because they are the same nationality as
the bombers. We didn’t want that to happen again. The cartoon is trying to make
it clear to it’s readers that it is not okay to be racist.
Martin Luther King Jr.
thought that sticking together was so important that he traveled to
I think that sticking
together is extremely important. Pretty soon if you dislike everyone you won’t
have anyone to lean on when you need them. Also the person who you are
prejudice against will get their feelings hurt. Don’t dislike someone just
for the color of their skin. People might think of you differently if you’re
racist.
In the song “One” by Bono,
it is telling people to get along with one another. You don’t have to like a
person, just be a better person and don’t discriminate against someone who has
a different race. If we all got along we would be a much stronger country and
we would be a better citizen. Don’t blame others for your problems. Also when the
song was made into a video, a black woman was added to sing with Bono. That
could represent “ E pluribus Unum” by
saying the black woman and white man can sing together with no problems.
In conclusion, don’t be the
person who hates others just because they are different from you. In 1943-1945
during the Holocaust, Hitler spoke out against humans who were not German and
tried to create a perfect German race. Look how he turned out. Everyone that
were not German and most who were, hated him because they didn’t think it was
right to kill and torture people because of their religion. Have empathy for others and get
together.
“We all live with
the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
~ Anne Frank
“We may have all come on different ships, but
we’re in the same boat now.” This quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., means
that everyone came from a different race and culture, but we’re all in one
nation now, living together. We all may look different but we are still the
same. We should not discriminate on the color of skin or beliefs.
“Don’t allow anybody to pull
you so low as to make you hate them. Don’t allow anybody to cause you to lose
your self-respect to the point that you do not struggle for justice---how ever
young you are. You have a responsibility to seek to make your nation a better
nation in which to live.” Martin Luther king Jr. wrote this quote to tell
people that they should never give up, and always forgive. Everybody wants
justice so we need to fight for what’s right. Don’t let anyone stop you
from being you. “Strength is not only in the similarities, but also in the
differences.” ~anonymous~
You have a responsibility to forget about regrets in the past and
think about the future, and believe that everyone should have justice.
Our country is about E
pluribus Unum, from many one. After
we got attacked by 9/11, our country was in despair and a lot of us blamed
people who were from a different race. People were thinking too much about the
past and not enough about the future. Then we remembered what the U.S is
about, E pluribus Unum. We needed to get over the past and use interdependence
to stop this mistake from happening again. We don’t necessarily want to get
along, but we have to get along together in this world to be able to
survive.
Bono felt that he needed to
tell the people what E pluribus Unum really means. He wrote a song in 1991
called “one”. His song talks about how “we are one life, but we’re not the
same. We get to carry each other.” But
if you don’t care for your nation or justice, then it will leave you and you
will have ruined your one life.
I think that we should stop
racism and discrimination. If we could work together then we would be an even
greater country without worries. If we learn more about each other, there would
be less hate.
Dr. Martin Luther
King once said, “ We may have all come on different
ships, but we’re in the same boat now”. This is saying that our country is
good because we can all stick together and we should help each other
out. He is also saying that although we all came from different nations
and some people were forced to come here, we are all still uniting in this one
nation and this makes us a more powerful nation. We can learn this from
being interdependent and working in this nation together and not hurting one
another and helping out our community in a group.
In the song “One”, this is a song about coming together as one. This
song is saying that we are all one in the same nation, but we have choices,
beliefs, cultures, and different personalities. The song is also saying
that we don’t have to get along, but we should get along in order to survive in
this world. This song is also saying that you shouldn’t be living in the
past, but in the present. We have no choice to get along in this nation.
The political cartoon is saying that although we live in a diverse nation
we all should come together and be interdependent. “E Pluribus Unum”
means out of many one. This
political cartoon is saying although the 9/11 attacks happened we all came
together to help out the people that lost relatives or friends in the
attack. Our nation had a choice to help the people who lost some of their
loves ones and our nation had empathy for others and we stuck together.
In the address by Martin Luther King was called, “What’s Your Life’s
Blueprint”. This is saying that you shouldn’t have anybody try and change
you or try and change any of your opinions that you have. This quote is
also saying that you can succeed by becoming involved in your community and
helping out your own nation to make it a better nation to live in. A quote in
this is “And so you must be involved in the struggle for freedom and
justice”. This quote is saying that to be involved in what’s right you
have to know what is just. This is also saying that if you help your nation
it will be a better nation to live in. For example,
helping your community by doing charity and cleaning up around the community.
In the song a line is “We’re one but we’re not the same. We hurt
each other, then we do it again”. I think this
means that even though we aren’t the same, but we still live in the same
nation. Although we still live in the same nation we will hurt our friends
and our families. The people who they hurt will forgive the people who
hurt them, but people will hurt that same person over and over again. I
think that people just shouldn’t be mean to the others in the first place
because one day they are going to need that person and they won’t be there for
them. Our nation should just all come together and not argue or hurt others
and be an interdependent nation.
Martin Luther King changed many things and his speech had a powerful
influence on people and it help to change the community. This speech
helped people to come together and to help each other out and know their identity
which means knowing who you are and not following others and being your own
person.
“One Love, one heart Let’s get together and feel all right....”
~ Bob Marley
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said “we
may have all come on different ships, but were in the same boat now”. I think
that he meant that we are all the same inside. We all should be treated the
same no matter what color we are, we all do the same work now and live in the
same nation. We all work together and share the same tools and help each other.
You cannot judge others by what they look and act like. You cannot let words or
what people say to you bother you. We can learn this lesson from cartoons,
quotes and song and many other sources.
Martin Luther King Jr. said “Don’t
allow anybody to pull you so low as to make you hate them.” Don’t choose to hate people for who they are,
or what color they are. Everyone should
have, and enjoy, their freedoms and rights as humans. We should fight for social justice to make
everyone’s life better. Don’t use racial slurs when talking to someone.
“Out of many, one”, or “E Pluribus
Unum” could also mean we’re all different, yet we’re all one. Martin Luther King
used this message in most of his speeches.
The origin of the motto “E Pluribus Unum” comes from the joining of the
thirteen colonies into the
In the song “One” by Bono, we should
look for the line “We’re one but we’re not the same, we hurt each other, then
we do it again”. I think this line means that we are all American even though
we all act and look different. You only
get one life so don’t mess it up, treat people with the respect you hope they
will give you. It doesn’t matter what
color or religion we are, we are the same inside.
I think all people should be treated
the same no matter what color or religion they are. We all do the same things
as each other. No matter what color we are we are all the same in the inside.
If we call our self a free country then everyone should be treated equal as
each other no matter what race we are.
“Strength is not only in the similarities, but
also in the differences.” The key to interdependence is accepting others
differences. Similarities can bring people together but it’s realizing others
differences and combining them as one that make
The song “One” by Bono isn’t
saying we need to be best friends with everyone it means we have one chance in
life and when you exclude a certain person, family, or race that’s not making
the best of life. In the song “One” it says, “Love is a higher law Love is a
temple” Bono doesn’t mean you should only love one specific culture, but love
is precious and don’t waste it, love everyone, give everyone an equal chance.
“Snowflakes are one of
nature’s most fragile things but just look what they do when they stick
together.” One of the main things in life is sticking together. E pluribus
unum means one
out of many. E pluribus unum’s goal is always
being there for one another and when in doubt stick together. The importance
with E pluribus unum is that a diversity of cultures
came together with knowing that they weren’t the same, but that didn’t stop them
from uniting. Uniting is a major key for sticking together.
Martin Luther King Jr. said
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat
now.” Martin Luther King Jr. is saying even though everyone came to the
The cartoon about 9/11 with
E pluribus unum means that even though tragedies
happen we all stick together and get through it. If everyone is going to judge
everyone by race then why not do the right thing which
is treat everyone the way you want to be treated. The worst punishment is not
working together we must always have interdependence no matter where or how
people came to
In school teamwork doesn’t
mean giving your friends answers and letting them cheat off of you. Just like
in sports there is no “I” in team. When you work together you can accomplish
your goal. In school if you only give one friend all your attention, your not
living your life to the fullest and that connects to real life because you need
to accept others differences. To show acceptance students shouldn’t make fun of
others they should make the most of their life and accept others. All people
are human beings and we all share the same traits but just remember there are
some people out there that are different then you. You laugh because I’m
different; I laugh because you’re all the same.
The way to achieve interdependence is to forget
race and religion and stand together. We forget differences and
concentrate on the goal ahead and try to achieve it. The phrase “E
Pluribus Unum” means “together as one”, this is what our society today needs to
do to achieve total interdependence. This can be expressed in songs,
articles, and cartoons.
E Pluribus Unum means Out of Many, One. This is the motto
we must follow to achieve interdependence and is also the motto of our
country. In the political cartoon, it is saying that no matter what race
or religion, we must stick together and unite among ourselves. There is
power when people stick together. This is significant after 9/11 because
it is an event that will be remembered through history and will always be
remembered, although it may be difficult for the people who were attacked or
had family or friend who were attacked.
In Bono’s
song “One”, some key lines that suggest uniting is “We get to carry each other,
carry each other, one” and “You ask me to enter, and then you make me
crawl”. This symbolizes the hardships of trying to unite. This also
symbolizes, that just because somebody is different doesn’t mean they are
terrorists, they are just different. This also means that even though you
are hurt, you should still try and unite to stop what is happening and that you
should try to forgive.
Martin Luther King’s speech
means that people should not get angry about other people’s
differences. He also says that you shouldn’t bring yourself down by
criticizing other people’s beliefs and customs. You should respect
them. Also, that it is our responsibility to keep this country together
and to keep the order that we have established. We must unite and forget
differences to keep the order established in our country.
“We all came on different
ships, but we are on the same boat now” is a famous quote by MLK that says that
we were once all from different origins at one point, but we are all Americans
now. And that we need to unite to keep our country the same in tough
times. This also means, that just because somebody looks different doesn’t
mean they are and that we can’t just separate our whole country because of a
race.
In conclusion, our country
is a great country and we need to keep the order here. This will be
totally achieved over time and through the courage of our soldiers and fellow
Americans. This means that no matter race or religion we should forget
past acts like 9/11 and the
Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. once said “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the
same boat now.” This saying means is that we are the same in one way, we
are all people with different cultures and or different colored skin. We are
citizens of one country but we are all in one world. The song “One” is
about coming together. It’s the idea of let’s all live together. Its
saying “We’re are one, but we are not the same”. Bono
says, “It’s not saying we even want to get along, but that we have to get along
together in this world if it is to survive. It’s a reminder that we have
no choice.”
In the song “One”, Bono sings, “We get to carry each other, carry
each other as one.” That means that we all live as one and we are all the same
just with different cultures or skin and everyone should be nice to one another
because if they make fun of someone else that means your hurting
yourself.
The cartoon “What’s your life’s blueprint” is about all being together
and being as one. As different as we all are we are one nation. We are one
family in our own way. The cartoon also says that we all have to be one family,
work together stay together. After being attacked by 9/11, we have to learn how
to respect each other and know how to love each other as they are. Now
that the 9/11 has happened, I think that some people have learned to love one
other. Now we respect each other as one, just because they are a different
color or how they speak different doesn’t mean that we are different on the
inside it means we are different on the outside but all the same on the
inside. E pluribus unum means, a national motto
of the
You should act polite in the classroom and at school, because you should
treat each other as a equal. It doesn’t matter if
you’re not the same. Rather if your skin is black, white, or if you have a
different culture, or a different language, you should still be treated like
equal, this means that we all have to learn how to be as one and not treat
other people that are not like you like they are dirt.
Doing this essay has taught me a lot about how to treat people and not to
treat them different just because they have different things or have different
skin and or culture. Writing this essay has taught me how to treat each
other as one.
My own opinion about the different culture and the different skin is that
you should treat people the same way as you treat your best
friends. Because, if you say the wrong words to someone that you don’t
like and you make fun of them, you can make them really sad and you can really
damage a persons inside with words. So that is why I think that this was a
very good essay to write and to teach us a good lesson. In this paragraph means
empathy in concept words.
E pluribus unum was
one of the first mottos adopted by the
The song “One” by Bono has a
lot to do with E pluribus unum. He says that “Love is
a higher law, love is a temple, love is the higher
law” and that “We’re one but were not the same”. Because that is what E
pluribus unum is about, even though we are all in the
same country, we’re not all the same. We’re all different in some way.
Martin Luther King Jr. said “ We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the
same boat now.” He meant that even though there are people in America from
all over the world, we are all Americans and we all need to work together to
achieve happiness. He also meant that there is a wide variety of
ethnicities in the
The cartoon shows a group of
people representing “E pluribus unum”. They not
only represent it by wearing it on their backs. But they are also all working
together, even though they are all different ages and cultures. It shows
that even if you aren’t the same race or culture, everyone still needs to work
together and show empathy for each other. The cartoon also shows people
from the middle-east and the cartoon is about 9/11 when we were attacked by
terrorists from there. So it shows that even though they attacked us, not all
Arab-Americans are terrorists and they should not be discriminated against.
I think that in school
people need to work together to solve problems and to make sure that everyone
is in a good work environment. People need to stay together even if they
are from different cultures or parts of the world. It is important for
people to have the power to work together.
E pluribus unum is important in the
Civil rights have been important to
many people in the past and now. Today,
some people, like Arab-Americans are being discriminated because of things
people did from
Martin Luther
King Jr. has a famous quote where he talked about civil rights in which he says
“we may have come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” What that means is we may have come to
In the song
One, Bono says, “you tell me to enter, but then you
make me crawl.” This means that people used to tell you one thing, but then
they say you can’t. This song is
important to
In the
political cartoon, it shows a 911 memorial and different races of people
walking away from it with “E Pluribus Unum” written on the cards. That means
that we must be united with everyone to make sure that something like that
never happens again. If we are not
united, then we will fall to terrorism or other countries. At FDR’s inaugural, he said, “…We have
nothing to fear but fear itself.” That means that we don’t have to be afraid of
our fellow Americans, but we should use our fear to help war efforts. If we are afraid of each other, we are not
united. And if we are not united we will
fall. “United we stand. Divided, we fall.”
The fight for
civil rights has gone on for many years and unfortunately continues today with
the middle-eastern immigrants that come to
“...And the world will live as one”
~
Imagine / John Lennon ©1971
Bono sings, “one
life with each other,” you have to make the best of it. “We may have all come
on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now,” said Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. We all live with each other we have to respect. If you don’t have a diverse
people in the world we would all be the same. Everything would be alike and we
wouldn’t be able to connect with each other. We can learn about unity from
songs, cartoons, speeches and other things.
In the cartoon
E-PLURIBUS-UNUM (one of many), is used to bring us together after September 11th.
E-PLURIBUS-UNUM means, one of many.
Each person makes his or her own identity. I am one of many, you are one of
many and we can come together after tragic times to comfort each other. If we
didn’t help each other like in the time of September 11th, we would
have fallen apart. Even if we are different we are all part of the human race.
We are one of many but each one is different in personality and looks. In the
cartoon the people have their arms locked together to stick together. There are
different types of people hand in hand, and arm and arm together to help each
other through the time of September 11th.
There is only one human race we are
all to stick together. We should help each other not tear each other apart. We
have to have unity and stick together. “Don’t allow anybody to pull you so low
as to make you hate them ... you have a responsibility to seek to make life
better for everybody,” said Martin Luther King Jr. If someone pulls you that
low try to work it out. You should have “liberty and justice for all” and not
be selfish, as it says in the Pledge of Allegiance.
“To drag the past out into the light,
we’re one but were not the same...” sang Bono in his song which means don’t
bring other things into the problem. In this song Bono wants to show the
differences between people. He is showing what brings us together and telling
us not to, fade away. We can and should be there for
each other. Like he says within his song “carry each other...”
“Snowflakes are one of natures’ most
fragile things but just look what they do when they stick together,” say a lot
of people. We should be like snowflakes and stick together. We have to stay together
and get the job done. One snowflake may stand up and make the pile higher and
we should follow it, not plow it down. If one is different then the pile
shouldn’t fall down.
Bono does have important
things to say in his song One. He
says “It is a song a about coming together, but it’s not the old hippie idea of
‘Let’s all live together.’ It is, in fact, the opposite. It’s saying, ‘We are
one, but were not the same.’ It’s not saying we even want to get along, but
that we have to get along together in this world if it is to survive. It’s a
reminder that we have no choice.” If we don’t get along it is making life
harder to live. If we don’t get along, people will be mad at them or that race
and there will be a lot of commotion. If we judged every book by its cover,
would you read most of them? If we judge a person by their looks, then there
would be a lot of unhappy people. People should not be taken by their looks it
is their inside. Their identity and personality makes them who they are not
what they look like.
We should try to make the best of
life. We need to stick together and get through our tough times. We can stand
up for what we believe in but don’t take others down if you don’t succeed. Be
like a book, the pages are what is or what did go on in your life, and the
binding is everyone holding on.
“...We’re all in this together, once
we see there’s a chance that we have and we take it...” was part of the song
from High School Musical. People
should stick together and get rid of prejudice and live free. Stand up for what you believe in and make it
true.
“Everyone is special in
their own way, we make each other strong, We’re not the same were
different in a good way , together is where we belong,”
this is a line from a song from High
School Musical. This line from the song means that even though we are
different we all stand together. Many resources state that even though we
are different we are all here together as one.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said “We may have all come on different
ships, but we’re in the same boat now,” this quote means that even though
we may be from different places or be a different race, we all are in the same
country now and we all work together. Everyone who came from different
places to be here in our country all come together to fight as one to defend
our country. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
speech explains that even though everyone is different you can’t let someone
different bring you down.
The song “One”, by Bono explains
that our country is one and we all here for each other. Even though
sometimes parts of our country may fall down, but the other parts of the
country will carry each other and help them. The song explains that our
country is full of empathy and choices to help each other. A line from
the song, “We’re one but we’re not the same” means that even though we are one
country we are still different whether it be by race
or if you are from a different country.
After the
tragic day of 9/11 changed many people’s lives. This tragic day also brought people together. It brought people
together to stand as one and fight the fear that something else could
happen. When people stand together as one we become very powerful,
together as one we can change things. The political cartoon explains that even
though a tragic day can change everything we can all stand together and have
empathy for people. E pluribus unum means out of many one. This is on the cartoon because
out of many races we are all one in this country.
During high school many children
are constantly being put down because what they look like or what they wear.
Children need to remember that even though we look different or what we wear is
different that we are still in the same country, and we are all
different. During school, teachers should be there when someone gets
picked on about whether they are different or not. Teachers need to stop
the criticism to kids who are different.
Being different doesn’t have to
separate people, we all can be one but still be
different at the same time. Everyone should work together and try to stay as
one no matter what race, or what culture you are. Many people get
picked on because of what they look like but inside everyone is
the same, they may look different on the outside but in the inside we are all
the same.
“
The song one-life one love is a song talking
about how if you screw up you can’t fix what happened but you can change and
make the future better. I personally like the video version better because he
picks a woman to sing with him and what is different is that he has a woman of
a different race sing it. It makes the song fit so much better and told what he
was trying to express. The first line asks, “is it
getting any better or does it feel the same” and I feel that that is saying
things can get better stay the same or get worse. You can’t change what already
happened but you can make it better, worse or do nothing about it and see where
you end up. He says that we will work and be together no matter what, we are
all the same in some way. We all have feelings and some things hurt our
feelings.
In the 9/11 cartoon, on
the backs of their shirts it says E Pluribus Unum, which means out of many one. My definition is that
we will be together no matter what obstacles we come upon. We will fight till
it’s over and use our power of interdependence (working together). When 9/11
happened how old where you? When did it happen? It happened in 2001 and it is
2007 now. Look how long we have hung in there, stuck it out and fought for our
freedom. Men white, colored, religious, people of all kinds’ men and women are
fighting for our freedom and we should have lots of respect for them. Yet we
see someone different in the parking lot and we pick on them or laugh at them,
when they could have put there lives on the lines to keep this country free and
that could be why there like that. You do not know that they fought or not, but
you do know that they are still human and very like you. We have the same
feelings as they do and we should respect that.
As Martin Luther King once said, “Don’t allow anybody to pull you so low as to
make you hate them. Don’t allow anybody to cause you to lose your self-respect
to the point that you do not struggle for justice---how ever young you are. You
have a responsibility to seek to make your nation a better nation in which to
live. You have a responsibility to seek to make life better everybody. And so
you must be involved in the struggle for freedom and justice.” I believe that
Martin Luther King meant that you should do what’s right, not what makes you
look cool. I also believe that even though you are diverse to other people, that is what makes our
world survive because of our different talents. He says you should never let
people hold you back you should always hold your head high no matter what
happens. Martin Luther King led many
protests for the blacks such as the
As
a teenager growing up you will face many hard ships many obstacles and though
you do not like what is going on whether it be home work or some one picking on
you, you should always keep your head up and make the most of every situation.
You shall always do what’s right and walk in the hands of your own conscience
that governs your actions every day of your life from yesterday till the day
you die.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Abraham Lincoln,