The document is a summary of the text "A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen. It notes that Quindlen wrote the text after 9/11 and won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1992. The summary explains that the text discusses how racism has historically divided people in America but that after events like 9/11, Americans can bond over having common enemies despite still discriminating against some groups. It aims to show how people from different backgrounds have combined to make the diverse population of the United States.
The document is a summary of the text "A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen. It notes that Quindlen wrote the text after 9/11 and won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1992. The summary explains that the text discusses how racism has historically divided people in America but that after events like 9/11, Americans can bond over having common enemies despite still discriminating against some groups. It aims to show how people from different backgrounds have combined to make the diverse population of the United States.
The document is a summary of the text "A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen. It notes that Quindlen wrote the text after 9/11 and won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1992. The summary explains that the text discusses how racism has historically divided people in America but that after events like 9/11, Americans can bond over having common enemies despite still discriminating against some groups. It aims to show how people from different backgrounds have combined to make the diverse population of the United States.
Hope Schmidt Audrye Lehmann Jonathan Schneider 4th Hour Anna Quindlen 1. She wrote the text after 9/11
2. She won the Pulitzer Prize of commentary in 1992.
3. Anna was in a mixed marriage.
Historical Background • The text was written soon after 9/11 • In the history, racism and inequality was happening. America classified people of different diverse backgrounds. • To show diversity among the people of America. Summary The text explains racism in our country. Then goes to show that people aren't so different after all. It explains how our country bonds together when having enemies. Though it also states how we as a people still discriminant. How the different types of people from different nations come together and create a multi cultural population. Relevance It's important because it states how our country was built and founded today. How people need to be more diverse today. It explains how our nation was different from today. It also shows the events that have led up to this present day. Literary Devices Metaphor: "America is an improbable idea." Personification: "Tolerance is the word used most often when this kind of coexistence succeeds, but tolerance is a vanilla-pudding word". Alliteration: "That amid all the failures is something spectacularly successful."