Matthew's+Community+in+America+Reflection

The photograph of the mansion is symbolic of how material and individual possessions can completely cut us from the community. American prosperity is dependent upon the 'we' in our community. The growing danger is that Americans will use material things to fill our hearts with faux happiness. The photograph of the Okies in San Diego echoes Muley Graves' news on the need for generosity in the community. When we lose self-employed farmers and small business owners to big corporations, we lose sight of inherent human dignity. The photo of the soup line represents how frustrating times can be when the American community cannot rally against the common and elusive enemy. But when our community does march together in armies of bitterness, as we see in the anti-war protest photograph, we can excite change from the source of the problem. What's more, when our community is bound together within one big soul, the American community is in control of an efficient and powerful holiness. We see an example of this in the final photograph of Moratorium Day in New York City.

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