In the essay, “An “American” Publishes a Magazine.” Wallace Shawn stated out the reaction of the public after looking at pictures that shows American soldier torturing people. Shawn is disappointed about the reaction of the public and government parties, because after looking at the picture, certain people suffered and shocked but none of them did anything, neither the government. The writer express that he has the convenient of the material life of being American but in the other hand he is ashamed that American soldier did these things. He thinks that American does not worth the word “United States”. He also tells us his idea world, it is a world with no borders, no countries but as only one nation as the whole world.