Comparing Piece of Art to America

Art is a very relative creation. Our society applies their own experiences and sentiments to understand a work of art. The Waterlilies by Claude Monet needs no detailed description as to what it is portraying. However, I have an original outlook on this famous piece as it describes my outlook on life in the United States.
I was born here and know nothing else of living by other countrys' standards, however all of my relatives in Iran would sever a limb to set foot on American soil. …