Quindlen: An Understandable Writer

Quindlen is a very deep and understandable writer. She brings out the good things, but also the bad things in a theme. She can reach out and grab a reader's heart, knowing exactly what they know is right and wrong. ¨America was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like a crazy quilt¨ [Quindlen 1]. It didn't take her weeks to write a story like this. The ideas and words just came to her, Like wind blowing against her face gently. Her writing at first, almost brought me to tears. Her description and flow is appetising. It makes you keep on wanting more. Kennedy on the other hand is more like a historian than a poet. He relies more on facts, but within his factual story you'll see things like; ¨Every ethnic minority, in seeking it´s own freedom, helped strengthen the fabric of liberty in American life [Kennedy 4]. I love this quote of his because it´s very much true. Kennedy, although he´s factual and straightforward, is quite emotional. He can show that immigrants are not that much different from us ¨Americans¨.

¨America was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like a crazy quilt¨ [Quindlen 1]. She means to say that America was built of all kinds of different people. Europeans came over in 1492 along with Columbus. All of the different people in America make it America. If we weren't diverse like we are today, what would we be like? Would we be writing, typing, and talking a different language? Maybe we …show more content…
The reason I love this quote and I say it´s very much true is because when you look back on American history and really watch closely, You’ll notice that immigrants, although in the minority, have made an enormous impact on our current life today. They came over to America seeking freedom, jobs, and housing, but they didn’t change our life just like the snap of fingers, they sought out ideas and in the end it payed