and background played a major role in the conflicts and caused harsh dialogue. In ¨The Quilt of a Country¨ by Anna Quindlen she states that ¨America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever changing disparate parts‚ it is held together by a notion‚ the notion that all men are created equal‚ and everyone knows most men consider themselves better than someone.” Quindlen means that America is different. That everyone is different and we’re always changing‚ as people‚ and as a country
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of American citizens support equal marriage rights for homosexual couples‚ the Government will always have the final word. The main argument against gay marriage is that it is strictly a religious institution‚ which prohibits same sex marriage. Anna Quindlen says that “No religion should be forced to marry anyone in violation of its tenets‚ although ironically it is now only in religious ceremonies that gay people can marry‚ performed by clergy who find the blessing of two who love one another no
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freedom from these roles we were made to play as men and women. Not every problem is solved‚ though. Gender differences have divided our country for a long time. Pulitzer Prize winner‚ Anna Quindlen‚ uses an analogy to describe the canyon sized separation between boys and girls. In Between the Sexes‚ A Great Divide‚ Quindlen discusses observing her son playing with his friend‚ casually being a member of the opposite sex. How both children were raised in households where equality of each gender is the only
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ultimately result in what he describes as: “an explosive increase in family collapse‚ out of wedlock births - and crime.” (P463) It seems like same-sex marriage is the death of family. However‚ in the other essay “Desecration? Dedication!” written by Anna Quindlen‚ she argues that gay couples‚ like career women‚ are being held to a higher standard than other people and that this is unfair (P461). Although she is not thorough for gay marriage but more for equal right. In comparing gays to naturalized citizens
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thoughts and values because other people in that community might have the same thoughts‚ but do not want to try and form a new community. “ But nothing important‚ or meaningful‚ or beautiful‚ or interesting‚ or great ever came out of imitations” (Quindlen). She states that the best people in the community appear express originality. The community already has “perfect” people in the community‚ which remain the people that follow act and do exactly what other people do. Likewise‚ in the article‚ “Where
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of another‚ but to simply acknowledge the life and move on. The poem “Richard Bone” by Edgar Lee Masters and the short story “Cats” by Anna Quindlen share a theme of how memory is imperfect. Both use a similar plot of having to deal with something that the protagonists don’t enjoy yet are helplessly doing what they are told to do. Both Masters and Quindlen teach readers that though memories are neither perfect nor can be touched or seen‚ it is possible to replace them or fill in the gaps ourselves
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up of families who work‚ but do not earn enough to pay for their rent. Many families are paid at the minimum wage and cannot afford the cost of housing. More than the minimum wage is required to afford an apartment. In Anna Quindlen’s‚ “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids‚” Quindlen states that “[t]wo years ago the National Low Income Housing Coalition calculated that the hourly income necessary to afford the average two-bedroom apartment was around $12[…..] more than twice the minimum wage” (p. 359)
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imagined that before reading this narrative. The poor eat plain food everyday if the eat at all. Anna Quindlen‚ author of the descriptive essay “Homeless” paints a picture based on what she considered homeless people. Although she delivers several good points on homelessness she does not make a clear thesis statement that gives her audience a question to answer in the beginning of her essay. Quindlen begins her descriptive essay by eluding her audience to envision what appears to be a homeless person
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essay was written in the 1700’s we still have the same issues of homelessness and poverty in today’s modern society. Anna Quindlen Pulitzer Prize award winner author of “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids‚” states “Today the average homeless woman is younger than ever before‚ many have been in foster care or in shelters herself and so considers a chaotic childhood the norm” (345). Quindlen talks about the cycle of homelessness and poverty three hundred years after swifts essay. Smith goes to extreme measures
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by Ralph Waldo Emerson). You will also find several pieces by three major essayists of the 20th century: Virginia Woolf‚ George Orwell‚ and E. B. White. If your reading interests are more contemporary‚ have a look at the essays by journalist Anna Quindlen ("Homeless")‚ comedian Steve Martin ("The Death of My Father")‚ and novelist Stephen King ("The Writing Life"). Several essays first appeared in print within the past few decades. To help you locate essays that match your own tastes‚ the contents
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