religion‚ cultures‚ backgrounds and sexual orientation in America. In Anna Quindlen’s “A Quilt of a Country” she explains how people view America. She writes that being an American is an idea that works despite that fact that it should not due to the diversity that exist in the country. Quindlen informs the reader that America was uniquely built on no particular culture or race. She compares America to a quilt which is made up of various patterns‚ styles‚ designs‚ fabrics‚ and colors with each individual
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Tone and Diction in Quilt of a Country and The Immigration Contribution Quilt of a Country by Anna Quindlen is an essay written after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. In this piece Quindlen explains how America is like a quilt‚ and made up of all different cultures sewn together by a common enemy. In her essay Quindlen uses a diction that easy to understand‚ but at the same time it gives you good information. In the first paragraph of the essay the author states “America is an improbable idea
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Many countries look at the United States and wonder how our society works so well together. In the two articles‚ “A Quilt of a Country” and “The Immigrant Contribution” they both talk about how our country was built a lot off of immigrants and what different things they brought over here. The readings had some differences and similarities in what they talked about‚ but it was mainly composed of the topic of immigration. Immigrants really changed America and in multiple ways‚ which we are granted
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When I read “ A Quilt of a Country” and “ The Immigrant Contribution”‚ it opened my eyes to a new point of view on immigrants in the U.S. and all the good things they have done. If we didn’t have immigrants we wouldn’t be the same nation as we are now. Immigrants are the true creators of the U.S. Oscar Handlin has said‚” Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”(Kennedy pg.23) Everyone in the US are or
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This essay will be about two texts and how their diction and tone differ from one another. The first text is The Immigrant Contribution which is about how immigrants contributed to America and how important they are. The second text is A Quilt of a Country which is about how America is a bunch of different ethnicities and religions and how they have all joined together throughout the years. The diction and tone throughout each text has some difference between each other‚ but they mainly convey similar
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people to come together in solidarity to fight for what they believe to be right. In the article‚ “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen‚ she uses past and present anecdotes to build credibility appeal to the audience’s emotions‚ and allusions of discrimination and hatred to unify the citizens of the United States in their individualities; however‚ it also serves as a reminder to other countries that although the citizens of the U.S. are different‚ they are unified. The events of the past dictate
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I’d have to say that America is the one country that exemplifies that the most. Unlike other normal nations‚ populated with a certain groups of people who hold certain types of beliefs‚ America is a nation made up of all the ethnicities of the world‚ and unlike other normal nations‚ the inhabitants of America don’t tend to get along very well. Anna Quindlen writes about why America shouldn’t work‚ yet does‚ in a short article titled "A Quilt of a Country." She uses effective evidence and valid reasoning
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united not fighting each other trying to tear each other apart. This what I think is very similar to MlK and ‘’A quilt of a country’’ speech. It doesn’t matter where we come from it matters who we are. We need to all unite no race should be treated unfair or segregated. There are many races in our country America and those races are widespread all around the World that come to our country for freedom. After all of our history would you say we are number one on having freedom‚ I would say not but people
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Behind the Luxury In a country full of wealth and luxury many people who lack in these things fly under the radar. In the essay “School’s out for the Summer” by Anna Quindlen she takes a forceful approach on bring it to the American people’s attention. She shows America that the stories you hear about on the news are more than just oceans away‚ but right here in your backyard. In Anna Quindlen’s essay she effectively shines a light on America’s fight against child hunger. For many children
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Rhetorical Analysis Anna Quindlen describes in the essay "Abortion is too Complex to Feel one Way About" the different situation that we as a human race are put in everyday. She talks about the topic of abortion in a way that one feels they have had to make the decision of whether or not a person is pro-choice or pro-life. She uses references that are of different personal experiences in the essay that are vital to the audience. Quindlen is writing to state her point that one should never put
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