America Anna Quindlen Analysis

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One human race what idea goes to your head when you hear that? I'm going to be honest here I honestly don't even know what one human race actually means but what I get the idea that it means all of us humans are being treated equally without discrimination, without judging each other but, treating each other with respect treating each other like mature people. I believe all individuals can live as "one human race."

Every single human in this world has feelings. We can't stop them or else we would be clones. We're humans we all have different opinions we agree with some people and disagree with others. I believe this is what makes us. I don’t think we’ll ever accept the fact of getting along with each other and liking each other. We could treat each other like we're all equal like we're all humans trying to live our own lives. The strong feeling that I believe is in America is the feeling of hate. Us humans learn to hate or disagree with each other because of what society believes is right or wrong. It brain washes us, it controls us. We need to start deciding for ourselves and believeing in what we think is right. Anna Quindlen writes "America is an improbable idea" I think this sentence means that people of all different background can't come together as
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In the story, "Once Upon a Time" by Nardine Gordimer it states "They were warned, by that wise old witch, the husband's mother, not to take anyone off the street." This sentence goes back to my statement about how society controls people into believing something. The witch makes the husband believe something which then makes him suffer the consquences later. This is happening in our world. Society makes us believe something and we agree which then makes us suffer the consequences. This is how everyone starts blaming each other instead of supporting each

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