Letter To Michael Harrington's The Great Society

In the letter, “The Great Society”, Lyndon B. Johnson records to the President, Government, and author officials on May 22, 1964. The letter examines the matter of coeducation, and to discuss the future of the country. She believes the country can become “the Great Society” by the determination of the government and President of making this a better society. She analyzes the great society, and it is basically a place where everyone can obtain knowledge, a place where everyone is accepted equally, quality matters and not quantity in this place, and it makes people strive for greatness, to live with their fullest potential. The three places in which the great society will come to be is “in our cities, in our countryside, and in our classroom” …show more content…
People are not taking the great society serious but take it as a joke. America is drowning in issues, people suffering from all sorts of crisis. Justice and equality will arise if people took the great society seriously. Harrington discusses the benefits of the greater society and how much good it would do to America. Harrington states, “It is not enough, in other words, to sermonize the young that they should favor a Great Society. There should be new institutions to help those who want to build a new and exciting nation. The patriotism of life should be worth at least as much to America as the patriotism of death” (7). Words are not enough in this situation, action needs to be taken and a change needs to occur for the great society to exist. Just saying this or that will not make America the great society, but by implementing those plans, that’s when change will happen and the great society will arise. This is a secondary source as it is written after the events have taken place, people not taking the great society seriously. The purpose is to make people aware of what they are costing America by taking the great society as a joke. If they take it seriously, the world will become a better place for