Summary Of Anna Quindlen A Quilt Of A Country

“A Quilt of a Country”, the argument presented by Anna Quindlen, she states that a quilt symbolizes America. For example, during Quindlen’s survey she found that most people think that America is a special place when she argues “One of the things that it stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side side, then on either side of the country’s Chester Avenues”(Quindlen 5). This shows that people think that America is unique. Furthermore, the evidence implies that just like a quilt we are all different and we still manage to get along and work together. In addition, after Quindlen describes the