Analysis Of The Declaration Of Independance, Ain t I A...

One of the most interesting things about a culture is the voice of the people. In the United States, the American Voice is the combined voices of the people who live in America and the mixing of thousands of different perspectives and ideas. The natural mixing of American culture leads to change whether for better or for worse, as time goes on, so does America and the American people. American literature commonly has strong themes of unity and equality. The clearest way to see the voice of a culture is through its literature, essays by american authors like The Declaration of Independance, Ain’t I a Woman, and Letters from Birmingham Jail. One important document from America is the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of†¦show more content†¦However despite that fact, the American people continue to fight for their rights. The American people have been fighting for equal rights since the beginning of the county, however until August 18, 1920, about half of the population was not allowed to vote. The women’s suffrage movement, however, had been going for a while before then in speeches like â€Å"Ain’t I a Woman† given by Sojourner Truth in 1851 at the Women s Convention held in Akron, Ohio. Truth speaks about the ways that men treat women as â€Å"That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.† as well as the hypocrisy of these sexist ideals since, â€Å"Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain t I a woman?† Truth’s speech demonstrates how the ways that women are treated are biased and seixst. Truth lived through slavery and fought for the rights of African Americans in the