What does it mean when people tell you that every individual has key role in society? Many people say that it means everyone has a specific role in their community. The definition of a role is an anticipated performance of an individual. An individual’s anticipated performance in society is to come together as one, get along with everyone, and respect everyone.
An individual’s role in society is to be able to come together as one. In the passage “A Quilt of a Country”, the author, Anna Quindlen, proves what an individual’s role in society is. She states, “One of the things that the US stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people are different…” (Quindlen 64). This means that the belief of a country containing of people from lots of other countries is unlikely, but Americans are still able to make it work. Anna Quindlen also says, “… unlikely ability to throw all of us together in a country that across its length and breadth is as different as a dozen countries, and still be able to call it by one name” (94). This means that the unlikely ability to put diverse natives of different countries in one big country is also an unlikely …show more content…
In the passage “The Sniper”, Liam O’Flaherty’s main idea is no matter where you come from or what your beliefs are, you really aren’t all that different from other people. This is proved by a Republican sniper and a Free State sniper shooting each other, causing the Free State sniper to die. This causes the Republican sniper to want to look at the man he killed. When he turns the body over to see the Free State sniper's face, the Republican sniper sees his brother (pg. 2). This means that the brothers didn't get along very well. The passage also says, "Republicans and Free Staters were waging a civil war" (O'Flaherty 05). This proves the brothers didn't get along with each other like they're supposed
An individual’s role in society is to be able to come together as one. In the passage “A Quilt of a Country”, the author, Anna Quindlen, proves what an individual’s role in society is. She states, “One of the things that the US stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people are different…” (Quindlen 64). This means that the belief of a country containing of people from lots of other countries is unlikely, but Americans are still able to make it work. Anna Quindlen also says, “… unlikely ability to throw all of us together in a country that across its length and breadth is as different as a dozen countries, and still be able to call it by one name” (94). This means that the unlikely ability to put diverse natives of different countries in one big country is also an unlikely …show more content…
In the passage “The Sniper”, Liam O’Flaherty’s main idea is no matter where you come from or what your beliefs are, you really aren’t all that different from other people. This is proved by a Republican sniper and a Free State sniper shooting each other, causing the Free State sniper to die. This causes the Republican sniper to want to look at the man he killed. When he turns the body over to see the Free State sniper's face, the Republican sniper sees his brother (pg. 2). This means that the brothers didn't get along very well. The passage also says, "Republicans and Free Staters were waging a civil war" (O'Flaherty 05). This proves the brothers didn't get along with each other like they're supposed