worrying how she’ll feed her children‚ but for millions of Americans that isn’t reality. For millions of Americans they have no opportunity to leave their “backpack full of bricks far behind” and become a stay at home parent. Some may argue that Quindlen isn’t directing her speech to these Americans; her audience is the wealthy and/or educated graduates of a private college in New England. But the wealthy and educated are exactly the people who need to be pushed‚ who need to strive to become perfect
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as Anna Quindlen. Whilst Peter focuses more on giving anything that is not deemed “necessary” to the poor‚ Anna Quindlen focuses more on self-acceptance and betterment. Although those three points of views are arguably correct in some ways‚ a community should not be based on selfishness or selflessness. A community is a group of people who are all striving for a similar goal: improving one’s self and the ties within the community. For the individuals within the community‚ improving
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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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influence someone to act differently in their everyday life. Authors‚ Anna Quindlen in “Homeless‚” and Barbara Lazear Ascher in “On Compassion‚” emphasize the human aspect of change; however Quindlen is more effective in compelling people to change their ideas about homelessness because of her passionate and inspiring‚ she doesn’t defy in persuading change and making the reader see differently and create new aspects. Quindlen‚ strongly uses examples to persuade change and bring upon an intense amount
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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) According
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when men are also expected to treat women differently? Anna Quindlen was not so much focused on the equality of genders‚ but more so focused on the viewpoints that people have on women. As Quindlen discussed her opinion she mentioned a scene that her husband and son were questioning her reason for having an ‘onion’ in the bathroom. After she explained her reasoning‚ her husband and son had the same thought‚ “Mom. Weird. Women.” Quindlen described her anger but later reciprocated the thought‚ “Husband
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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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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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know in this world. And people just think what they achieve at the end. They usually ignore the process how they can achieve their success. The authors want to tell the readers that there are many things in this 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
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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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