American Exceptionalism

I think Americans are unique, in sense of our culture that has inspired many other country to adopt a lot of our customs and ways of living. If I lined people up, I'm not sure I could pick out an American based on how a person looks ethnically, since the U.S. has many different ethnicities and American itself is only a nationality. The only way I could distinguish would be the way a person was dressed or how they spoke. I think that 'East of Eden' tells us that the American experience is one filled with hardships and successes, achieving what you've wanted and having lived a life that you are content with.