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America is a place where all cultures of the world, mostly European, unite to create a society in which anybody can prosper. In Letters from an American Farmer Michel-Guillaume-Jean de Crevecoeur commends this welcoming society full of diverse European ethnicities with repetition, large lists, and contrasting diction because of its freedom from European superiority. Michel-Guillaume-Jean de Crevecoeur with negative diction and extensive lists creates an image of an unwelcoming culture of Europe. America’s unity of cultures and people makes it a land of hope for people unlike Europe. Crevecoeur explains through questions that Europe does not provide for its people, but rather treats them unfairly. “Can that [wretch] call England or any other
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