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    HOMELESS by Anna Quindlen In this story “Homeless” Anna writes about analyzing what homeless don’t have and to look at them differently‚ it all started by a women named Ann and there she had realized of the homeless. She‚ Quindlen‚ knows what Ann is talking about how home is very meaningful‚ I also understand. Hopelessly Quindlen terminates that our faculty of being home has adjusted. During the time‚ I originally discord with Anna that the homeless are the one to give tender feelings. She convinced

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    Anna Quindlen wrote an essay title “Stuff Is Not Salvation” she began by telling a story about a Wal-Mart employee. What passes for the holiday season began before dawn. The day after Thanksgiving‚ when a worker at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream‚ New York. was trampled to death by a mob of bargain hunters. Afterward‚ there were reports that some people were mesmerized by cheap consumer electronics and discounted toys. The people kept shopping even after announcements to clear the store. (Quindlen)

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    world which people don’t know. Anna Quindlen realized that she doesn’t know many things. Even though she wants to learn all of them‚ there isn’t enough time to learn it. These two texts want to tell us that we must appreciate everything that we get. We shouldn’t just proud for what people achieve but we also must appreciate how well they can achieve them. Actually these two texts tell about different case but they are still talking about knowledge of people. In Anna Quindlen’s essay‚ she talked about

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    acceptance and family. Anna Quindlen worked a story on homeless people trying to find an answer to this very difficult topic. Quindlen met people who would socially be termed ‘homeless’‚ but Quindlen learned that maybe the conventional term does not quite cover it. A home can be a perfectly square house with a white picket fence and a golden retriever in the front yard. However‚ Quindlen learned that maybe the material is not the main basis of having a home. For example‚ Quindlen met Ann at the Port

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    In her article “​Our​ ​Tired‚​ ​Our​ ​Poor‚​ ​Our​ ​Kids.” Anna Quindlen discusses the issue about homeless families in the United States and the impact of homelessness on the children. Quindlen describes one situation where six people‚ a woman and five children‚ live together in a room the size of a master bedroom. The idea‚ Quindlen says‚ is that the ineffectiveness of the welfare system has negative impact on families‚ particularly‚ mothers and their offsprings . She poses the statement that

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    Since the time I read them‚ they never came out of my mind‚ and they grabbed my attention since I read their titles. “The Penalty of Death” by Henry Louis Mencken and “Execution” by Anna Quindlen‚ are the essay that affected me the most from the River Reader book. Maybe because I thought about the death penalty before‚ or maybe because their words affected me and my way of thinking. The thing that I am sure about that both of the essay touched my emotions and feelings in a way that let me never forgot

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    Anna Quindlen talks about some important and maybe even slightly uncomfortable points in her essay “Homeless”. Most individuals lacking shelter have access to places that provide the basic necessities for a short period of time‚ but many refuse to go. David Purtle‚ a once homeless man explained on TALK OF THE NATION‚ “All I can say is that my fear of the unknown‚ of what might be waiting for me at that shelter‚ was worse than my fear of the known risk . . . And I think people‚ we’re creatures of

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    “A Quilt of a Country” an essay written by Anna Quindlen‚ conveys a message about the suffrage that builds up behind the tragedies we witness‚ connect us a country‚ the author discusses this as seen by her use of real-world events that affected our nation‚ yet‚ brought the people together. Within the article‚ Quindlen mentions the 9/11 tragedy to provide of a more realistic emotion‚ one people can connect to. That tragedy had affected the people‚ it led to devastation from the loss‚ but also led

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    Beginning as a assignment reporter‚ Anna Quilden had an opinion column in the New York Times. She left her job as a reporter which caused her to receive much criticism. In the Commencement Speech‚ Anna wants everyone to learn that being themselves is okay‚ and not to worry about other’s opinions; Anna does this with rhetoric and other literary devices. The author’s tone is very inspiring and energetic‚ yet hurt and upset at how she used to live her life. Throughout the speech‚ Quindlen’s attitude

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    observable in events like the World Wars‚ the Cold War‚ and the War on Terror; America is often strongly unified under chaos. In her article The Quilt‚ Anna Quindlen refers to these events with the use of logos and how they bring “these disparate parts… together” (3). These ‘disparate’ parts are the diverse factions of a multicultural America. Quindlen truly emphasizes that the United States is an inseparable state. She performs this by referring to the war

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