Throughout Hamilton two lines are repeated more than any other, "Who lives who dies who tells you're story?" and "I am not throwing away my shot" however in this case I will be speaking about the former. The quote itself seems very simple, but when you think about it you wonder who does tell your story? You certainly aren't the one to tell it since you will be dead and how do you make sure your story is told? This is something that we all ask ourselves and in itself part of the American dream. By this I mean that we all strive for one thing to be remembered and this is certainly shown throughout American history and reflected in Hamilton's life. He was a immigrant with nothing special about him so what did he do? He made himself special and made sure he was remembered. This is expressed in the song whose title is the same as the quote. Through out the song it shows that even those who didn't like him still remembered him for the things he did the good and the bad. It also tells us that his wife Eliza is the one to insure his story is told correctly and that he is not forgotten to history. In the end isn't that what we all want to not be forgotten to history, but we must also realize that we can only do so much and if we are remembered we must make sure we are remembered for being us. As a question I would like to ask do you think this quote is one to live by or are their flaws in its usage?

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