Your essay will come from a close reading of some parts of Fanny Trollope's Fanny. Domestic Manners of the Americans. London: Penguin,1997

A very interesting and attention-grabbing book Domestic Manners of the Americans ' by Fanny Trollope can not leave even one indifferent . It reveals new and unexpected facts and startling specifics of American nature that gives a new glance over American people . Though this is not-to-the-minute book it may be found rather relevant today . It may be read for unlimited times and every time it for sure to gave some new ideas about American character and temperament , it offers better understanding and suggests reasonable explanation to deeds and behavior of American nation

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subjects and events from American life are touched upon in numerous chapters of this book , mocking main traits of inhabitants of the United States . Sometimes with ridiculous seriousness author describes occurrences and things she fad the chance to experience or see

For example I 'd like to touch upon the chapter 20 , where the author focused her attention on the state of Washington . Not even the minute fact out of the reach of the satiric eye of writer , nevertheless everything described was described with much dignity

First of all the author tries to disperse reader 's attention depicting the brilliancy of nature and luminosity of American cities . But as for their inhabitants she is not so admirable , the writer see them as real gentlemen (for too few ladies are in the streets ) occupied by strolling and looking well . Instead of drays you see handsome carriages and instead of the busy bustling hustle of men , shuffling on to a sale of "dry goods " or "prime broad stuffs " you see very well-dressed personages lounging leisurely up and down Pennsylvania Avenue . And at first , it is nothing to do with accusation . The sights , sounds , or smells of commerce , adds greatly to the charm

But their favorite recreation of all these gentleman ( . who must be presumed to be the elite of the entire body of citizens , both in respect to talent and education , it cannot fail to make Washington a more agreeable abode than any other city in the Union , this amusement is gambling , that is really carried to a very considerable extent , however here as elsewhere within the country it is kept exceptionally out of sight

In spite any failings on good American people we can witness the fertility of their mind and the patent office is a curious record of it But unfortunately about one in a thousand inventions had been really brought into use

The purity of the American character , formed and founded on the purity of the American government , was made evident by the display of all the offerings of esteem and regard which had been presented by various sovereigns to the different American ministers who had been sent to their courts . Well , every nation has to possess anything to be proud of

And along with this proud the writer points that not once heard the statements which represent Americans as treacherous and false almost beyond belief in their intercourse with the unhappy Indians . Though we do not...