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    “improbable idea” (Quindlen 2) because of the patriotism of her people and good leadership. The patriotism of the American people allows the nation to succeed despite being an “improbable idea” (Quindlen 2). Journalist Anna Quindlen in her essay The Quilt of a Country: Out of Many‚ One?‚ called America an “improbable idea” (2). But she also called it a “mongrel nation [has] one spirit” (4). The antithesis created by using the negatively connotated word‚ “mongrel” (Quindlen 4)‚ to describe America

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    Heather Feely English 101 Wednesday‚ November 4‚ 15 Response Essay Girls Vs Boys “Between the Sexes‚ a Great Divide” is an essay written by Anna Quindlen that talks about the differences between men and women. Quindlen believes that male and females are always going to be unlike each other. I love the imagery Quindlen used in the beginning of the essay describing a school dance girls on one side boys on the other‚ and the dance floor being the divide between the sexes. Eventually a boy gets

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    The death penalty is one of the controversial topics being widely discussed today. Anna Quindlen is one of many people who opposes the death penalty. She is a crime buff who has worked as a reporter for decades in some of the worst areas of New York. In her article‚ "Death Penalty’s False Promise: An Eye for an Eye‚" she states how the death penalty and her have nothing in common. She claims that the killing of one human being as punishment for the killing of another makes no sense and is inherently

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    In this piece of literature Between the Sexes‚ a Great Divide by Anna Quindlen she expresses her idea of how men and women are simply alike. In reference to that she also uses situation in which boys and girls are at a dance and claims that‚ it’s not the difference but the dance that’s important. This idea of the dance being important is a misconception being that the real reason behind all this is that the difference is what really attracts men and women‚ boys and girls; therefore I disagree with

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    proportions. Anna Quindlen makes this observation very clear in her New York Times article “Barbie- the issue‚ not the doll.” According to Quindlen since the day Mattel sent Barbie down the assembly line‚ there has been controversy among feminists‚ mothers‚ and women of all races. With her unrealistic measurements and physically impossible

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    In this passage Quindlen talked about school being out but there was a problem. That problem was that some kids didn’t have anything fun to do like some of the other kids. Some kids couldn’t go to camps or go on vacations like the other kids. That was because some of the kids weren’t living like the other kids some of the kids were homeless and didn’t have anywhere to go and didn’t have any money. She began talking about how some of the kids couldn’t go on vacations and go to camps or other fun

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    Identity gives a person a strong sense of individuality‚ but sometimes a person may challenge their identity by questioning everything they ever knew about themselves. The latter holds true for a student named Emily Vallowe. In her narrative‚ “Write or Wrong Identity”‚ Emily Vallowe contests her self-concept as a “writer‚” by exploring everywhere from her earliest years to her present life to determine whether or not she can live up to this claim. She utilizes personal anecdotes from her childhood

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    In “Turning the Page” by Anna Quindlen‚ she argues about the real effects of ink-press books becoming antique due to the rise of e-readers and other electronic reading devices. Quindlen is a nonfiction author that believes heavily on reading the old-fashion way from ink-press books then from e-readers or electronic reading devices. She predicts that the radio will die due to television; recorded music‚ ending concerts. Libraries that have stocked up in a low amount of e-readers have had all of them

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    inflation in her article “Study: More college freshman feel ‘above average.” The essay “Write and Wrong” by Anna Quindlen‚ informs about a teacher who

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    reading “Still Hungry‚ Still Homeless”‚ the authors use the data to express their concern of homelessness. On the other hand‚ Anna Quindlen’s article “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids” uses a different way with different technique‚ which is more efficient‚ majorly discusses the problems of homeless children‚ from the cause to the effect. In “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids” Anna Quindlen illustrates that there is a large group of people living in a poor circumstance with examples. From the examples of Sharanda

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