A story made while in High School

I might as well put out this story that I made in High School (unfortunately, since I don't have it anymore, I cannot remember it word for word).

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   Flash! Fl-Flash! A storm is on the way!
   “About how far is it?”
   “About a half-hour away.”
   The thunder rumbled.
   “Is God angry?” my son asked.
***   It was my 10th birthday. My whole family was there. Mom came out with a cake and everyone was singing “Happy Birthday” to me. Just before I blew out the candles, the lights went out. I saw my dad walk out of the room. I heard him getting the lantern, and walking to the circuit breaker.
   After a little bit of time, “&$#*@ GOD!!! WHY DON'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?!?!”
   The lights went back on, and shortly after, my dad came back to rejoin us.
   “What was that all about?” my mom asked him.
   “I don't know,” he replied. “It keeps going out more and more often.”
***   The next day I awoke to my mother quickly opening the door. “Get up and get in the cellar!” she demanded.
   “Wha-why?” I asked half-asleep. “It's Saturday.” I rolled over.
   “GET UP!” she yelled as she tore off the blankets.
   I fell out of bed, and almost did a face-plant on the floor.
   “C'MON! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!”
***   As I got outside, I saw a swirling form of doom! God's wrath was upon this place.
   I heard my dad mumbling things. “Is God angry?” I asked.
   “Yes, and I will fight him. I don't care what he thinks.”
   “God will win.”
   “DON'T EVEN GIVE ME THAT BALONEY! NOW GET IN THE CELLAR!!!”
   My family and I, except my dad, went in the cellar... I never saw him again.
***   “DAD!”
   “Huh-what?”
   “Is God angry?” my son asked again.
   “Yes he is, and I will accept his judgment. C'mon, we'll get in the cellar.”

US Culture

             I often hear people talk about how compared to other nations the US lacks a strong national cultural identity but i feel this assessment is flawed in one key detail.  While the US is a nation when it come Size, Structure, and governmental level the US is more on par which international unions like the EU, UN, and such.  This would put the states more on par with the other nations.  Now if you where to make the same comparison but with the states instead I feel you will find That wile still young There is a definite Cultural identity, and if you compare the US to say the EU its cultural identity is in fact more well defined.  Now this culture may often seem fragmented and inconsistent, but this is not due to the lack of cultural unity but because the opposed but not incapable nature of two of it primary values: Group unity, and individual freedom.

                One good example of both how prevalent these values are and how they can result in drastically different but culturally constant subcultures depending on when where and which one is given priority. Is one of the darkest and bloodiest chapters in US history the civil war.  With the Confederates holding the States individual rights more important then the nations unity and the union holding the nations unity in priority.  With that said the whole reason it became an issue is because the Confederates held the Majority's cultural rights over an minority's Individual freedom.  another more positive example of the influence of these two values in action is the structure, strategy's, and tactics of the US military.  Which encourages tactical initiative of the individual soldier/squad but also expect Loyalty to your fellow soldiers, the military,and the nation as well an adherence to the overall Strategy.