America, “The Land of the Free,” is a home to many people of different race and ethnicity, and no matter how different one person may be, America has a notion of how “all men are created equal.” In the article “A Quilt of a Country,” Anna Quindlen, the author, makes the argument of how America contradicts itself by saying how “all men are created are equal,” however, the people living here are very discriminating towards each other because some people believe that the way they think is more superior than others. To begin with, Anna Quindlen uses a quote from a credible source in order to make what the person said have a bigger impact and have more meaning to it. Historian Daniel Boorstin states, “Of all the nations in the world, the United
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is a unique country that stands for something special in the world” (6). Considering that the United States’ ideals are considered very unique and special, it supports the claim because people from around the world, no matter how different they may be, they are able to live in this country and create a new lifestyle for their own. However, because of America’s ideal of being able to have their own beliefs, many people are even more prone to be discriminating towards one another, thinking that the way they think is how everyone should be thinking, and that everyone else’s beliefs are morally wrong. Lastly, Anna Quindlen includes a quote from an expert in the area of . By having an expert’s thought in this, it allows to have a more logical appeal to the article. Leonel Castillo, former director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and himself the grandson of Mexican immigrants, points out, “The old neighborhood Ma-Pa stores are still around. They are not Italian or Jewish or Eastern European any more. Ma and Pa are now Korean, Vietnamese, Iraqi, Jordanian, Latin American…”
is a unique country that stands for something special in the world” (6). Considering that the United States’ ideals are considered very unique and special, it supports the claim because people from around the world, no matter how different they may be, they are able to live in this country and create a new lifestyle for their own. However, because of America’s ideal of being able to have their own beliefs, many people are even more prone to be discriminating towards one another, thinking that the way they think is how everyone should be thinking, and that everyone else’s beliefs are morally wrong. Lastly, Anna Quindlen includes a quote from an expert in the area of . By having an expert’s thought in this, it allows to have a more logical appeal to the article. Leonel Castillo, former director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and himself the grandson of Mexican immigrants, points out, “The old neighborhood Ma-Pa stores are still around. They are not Italian or Jewish or Eastern European any more. Ma and Pa are now Korean, Vietnamese, Iraqi, Jordanian, Latin American…”