Tracing the American Identity - The evolution thereof.

The American Identity could be considered and oxymoron in and of itself. From the very inception of explorers to the "New Land" to American culture today, Americans still don't have a firm grasp of whom they really are. In any event, I will attempt to trace the evolution of the American identity using time honored literary figures such as Columbus, de Vaca, Smith, Rowlandson, and others. Sent on a conquest to find new trade routes, …

…as to what their identity truly is, and who are we to put a limit on what millions of people identify themselves with. America is every culture clashing for domination and acceptance all the while recreating the boundaries of what Americans identity is and could be. The only thing that will ever truly identify, and remain the same, in the context of American identity, is America's name itself given by none other than Amerigo Vespucci.