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The idea of self-reliance is an American idea.
Self-reliance is a way of life when one is reliant on one's
own capabilities, judgment, and resources. When someone
is self-reliant they are completely Independent. Many
American authors have used examples of this idea,
self-reliance, in a lot of their writing.
For example, in a Progress to the Mines by Byrd
examples of self-reliance are present. In the beginning of
the story Byrd writes about a character who Ò... rode eight
miles together over a stony road,Ó in order to get to a
house. This shows self-reliance because riding eight miles,
all by himself, is a hard task to accomplish. Especially back
then when the story took place because there werenÕt
very many people around to help one if one got into
trouble. Byrd shows another example of self-reliance when
he was describing one of the main characters who ran an
iron mill. He described him as Ò...so great a master in the
mystery of making Iron, where in he had......

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