Quilt

In the argumentative essay “A Quilt of a Country” written by Anna Quindlen, She claims that the conflict and revival throughout our nation connect the people of the United States. Considering we as different individuals can still learn from our mistakes, such as the conflict from 911. We then eventually grasped on the understanding that 911 was indeed a mistake that we can learn from. According to the first paragraph, Quindlen starts off her essay with the quote of “America is an improbable idea…

What is the immigrant contribution? Kennedy and Quindlen show their views in their essays “The Immigrant Contribution” by Kennedy and “The Quilt of our Country” by Quindlen. Each author approaches the topic with a different voice and technique. In these two stories Quilden and Kennedy talk about how America is made by immigrants and yet everyone still comes together as one. First of all it starts with dictation. Which is the tone of the writing. These views differ based on character. Quindlen…

opportunities to get a stable job and provide a safe home for their family. A natural-born American might be more aware of the flaws of the country they live in, rather than see everything it has to offer. Think about what being American means to you. “A Quilt of a Country” and “The Immigrant Contribution” both push this idea far beyond the normalized bounds. Simple words can hit close to home and inspire people to act. In passage five the simple words are used to dig their way into people's…

In the passage “A Quilt of a Country”, the author Anna Quindlen claims that “America is an improbable idea.”. Quindlen mentions that the United States of America is a nation founded on a conundrum, no matter what the native Americans may intend to argue, immigrants are not much dissimilar from our own families at home. Also patriotism along with taking pride in this doubtful idea that requires putting all of us together in a country that is just as different as a every other countries, and…

In “Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlin and “The Immigrant Contribution” by John F. Kennedy, the writers use formal, sophisticated, informal word choice. “Quilt of a Country” talked about the different cultures and people in America and “Immigrant Contribution” talked about the immigrants in America. First,”Tolerance is the word used most often when this kind of coexistence succeeds, but tolerance is a vanilla-pudding word, standing for little more than the allowance of letting others live…

very carefully and says “this churn top is what I need” (476) so she takes the churn but when she asks “Mama” (476) “can I have the old quilts too” (476) her mother says “the truth is I promised to give them the quilts to Maggie, for when she marries John Thomas.”(477). so since her mother always provides everting for Dee this time she decides to give the quilts to Maggie she rejects Dee’s request.…

For my multicultural book I selected The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. Polacco tells a story about her family. Her great- gramma made a quilt out of a quilt out of the family clothes and passed it down from generation to generation. Along the way Patricia uses the quilt to help explain the Russian culture of birth, wedding and death. The book is also accompanied by beautiful black and white pictures which show the different dress throughout the times. How the women went from wearing…

leading up to ask for two quilts. The conflict of receiving and taking the quilts rises when Mama explains they are to be Maggie’s when she marries John Thomas. Dee shows concern over preserving her family’s heritage by protecting the quilts. Dee views the importance of her family but does not carry that heritage inside her. Dee can only see her family through external objects and artifacts. During the argument between Mama and Dee, Maggie gives the ok to take the quilts and stated that she can…

own home. However, piecing together complicated quilt patterns can be difficult for those that are not very artistically capable. Another solution is creating a super easy picture quilt. Materials for the Picture Quilt In order to construct a picture quilt, you will need the following materials: 1. Fabric 1 ½ times the area of the finished quilt 2. Alternate fabric ½ the area of the quilt 3. Sewing thread that matches 4. Embroidery floss 5. Quilt batting The first type of fabric will be…

US uniting after 9/11 her examples and evidence are seamlessly interwoven to create an intriguing text. America has many pluralistic opinions, that make up it's sometimes discordant aftermaths, and later its secret to uniting its states. In, “A Quilt of a Country” Anna Quindlen used events from the cold war to relate to what America went through mentally on September 11, 2001. To begin with, Quindlen compared the emotions most Americans contained in both tragedies: hate, confusion, sadness,…