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"Maybe a fella ain't got a soul of his own, but on'y a piece of a big one." -//The Grapes of Wrath//, John Steinbeck



media type="youtube" key="Wy-SC54tjYs" height="390" width="480" American folk singer Pete Seeger used this sense of collectivity for basically the opposite reason: To promote peace. The chorus of the song, //"And because I love you// //I'll give it one more try.// //To show my rainbow race// //It's too soon to die."// Reminds us that we're all one people. We're all connected, all the same, and so we should not fight and kill each other. Our collective soul, our collective race, extends beyond just America, and into the rest of the world. It seems that most Americans this sense of collectivity, but see it in different ways, and use it for different purposes.

Click here to see a reflection on the collective soul!