“A Quilt of Our Country” by Anna Quindlen‚ she tells about how our country is like a “crazy quilt” because everything on it is different but still tied together. In‚ “An Immigrant Contribution” by John F. Kennedy‚ he talks about immigrants in the U.S. and how they change our life. These articles both have different views on the same topic and are expressed differently. John F. Kennedy had a more “real life” view of American immigration oppression obsession; Quindlen had a more relaxed “aside the
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current readings and compare their point-of-views to my own. In the two essays‚ “Execution” by Anna Quindlen and “The Penalty of Death” by Henry Louis Mencken‚ you are able to see two outlooks on this controversial topic. The death penalty is a judicially ordered execution of a prisoner resulting from some type of serious crime‚ which is typically the act of murder. Most convicted murderers face the possibility of execution dependent upon the nature of their crimes. For example‚ a person who is involved
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Summary of “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen In her essay “Homeless‚” Anna Quindlen argues that Americans’ view of home has changed in the past few generations‚ and that we should adjust this view‚ as well as our perspective on homeless people. Quindlen introduces Ann‚ a homeless woman who shows Quindlen a picture of the house Ann once had. In this context‚ Quindlen asserts that a home is more than simply a house—a home is a place to which we feel connected emotionally and personally—and she emphasizes
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The thesis of On Compassion by Barbara Lazear Ascher is: we can’t deny that homelessness exists when it hits us in the face everyday. Compassion is not a trait that we inherit‚ it is a learned experience. The thesis from Homeless by Anna Quindlen is the homeless were once just like us but something happened to them that made them lose their homes. In On Compassion‚ Ascher presents us with three scenarios as I have mentioned before. A man who is walking down the street when a woman hands him a
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accidents before they’ve even scored a tassel to hang from the rearview mirror.” Anna Quindlen wrote the article‚ “Driving to the Funeral‚” in the June 11‚ 2007 issue of Newsweek to make parents think twice before allowing their 16-year-old drive the car. Anna discusses issue on how too often teens are killed in car accidents‚ and why something should be done about it. With the use of ethos‚ pathos‚ and detail‚ Anna Quindlen illustrates that teens are too young to take on the responsibility of driving
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Driving to the Funeral by Anna Quindlen “It’s become a sad rite of passage in many American communities‚ the services held for teenagers killed in auto accidents before they’ve even scored a tassel to hang from the rearview mirror”. Anna Quindlen wrote the article ‚”Driving to the Funeral” in June 11‚ 2007 issue of news week to make parents think twice before allowing their 16 year-old drive a car. Anna discusses issue on how too often teens are killed in car accidents and why something should
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Joseph Papalexandrou The essay I am analyzing is homeless written by Anna Quindlen. The essay can be found in The Bedford Reader 10th edition. My curiosity it what brought me to this essay. The topic I am writing about is homeless citizens. What interests me about homeless people is that it never seems to bother them where there living. What also gave me interest is how do homeless people feed themselves with no money? I always wonder why homeless people don’t look for money on the streets and
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allows them to develop critical thinking‚ creativity and individualism. Children begin to think critically during downtime. This is a time of reflection for children. According to Anna Quindlen‚ downtime is a time when children will begin “contemplation” (152). Moreover‚ they contemplate more serious subjects. Quindlen states‚ that “[I]f kids are left alone‚ they will … stare into the middle distance and consider the meaning of life …” (152). Downtime provides children time to reflect and contemplate
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Quilt of a Country”‚ by Anna Quindlen‚ and “The Immigrant Contribution”‚ by John F. Kennedy. These two short stories were written differently‚ but both are about America’s Immigrants and how Different cultures affect America by creating a wide variety of people. In the essay “A Quilt of a Country” there was a statement that stood out. “But patriotism is partly taking pride in this unlikely to throw us all together in a country... by one name about patriotism”(Quindlen 16).It is a similarity to
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Quindlen’s problem The problem Quindlen has is Child Hunger. The entire essay is about child hunger in america. In the first paragraph she was talking about public service announcements on child hunger‚ and that there were a fairly unanimous response from the participants. With what seems like a sarcastic tone she says “Not here. Not in America‚ if there was we would hear about it by reading it in papers or seeing it on the news and we would fix it.” Anna questions the slogan The Sooner You Believe
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