Jeremy Hardy
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
25 September 2018
America's Values
Elmer Davis once said, “This nation will remain the land of the free only so as it remains the land of the brave.” Many people have expressed opinions about what is necessary to keep America’s ideals alive, including Abraham Lincoln and Anna Quindlen. This essay will compare and contrast Abraham Lincoln’s Famous speech “The Gettysburg Address” with Anna Quindlens’s article “Quilt of a Country.” Both authors recognize the importance of to our national identity.
Anna Quindlen and Abraham Lincoln both strive to convince their audiences to treat one another equally. Both authors make the argument that treating one another equally will lead to a more peaceful nation. Quindlen urges her audience to the end the tensions between the various cultures that exist within the United States. She describes our nation as “a mongrel nation of ever-changing disparate parts…held together by…the notion that all men are created” (Quindlen 3). Quindlen highlights the fact that the United States is the only country build upon the concept of equality among people from a variety of cultural backgrounds. One hundred and thirty eight years earlier, Abraham Lincoln spoke to and entire audience of Americans urging them to fight for the equality of slaves. Lincoln wrote that American was “conceived in the liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” (Lincoln 27). While Quindeln talks about equality among diverse cultures, Lincoln urges the nation to end slavery. While goals of the authors are different, both of them recognize equality as defining value to our nation. Similar parallels can be seen in their opinions about unity.
Both Abraham Lincoln and Anna Quindlen want to bring the United States of America’s people together. Quindlen wants to unite the various, diverse cultures that live in the U.S. Quindlen says that our country stands for the “vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nation, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side, then on either side of the country’s Chester Avenues” (Quindlen 5). Here, the author clearly values unity explains that one of the unique and valuable characteristics of this country is that diverse people can coexist peacefully as one complete nation. While Quindlen seeks to unify diverse cultures, Lincoln sought to unify the North and South during the Civil War. Lincoln begins his speech by telling the audience that “now, we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure” (Lincoln 27). Lincoln urges his audience to work toward the goal of unifying the nation to ensure the survival of our country. Both authors agree that unifying our people will lead to survival of our nation. Both authors value unity and patriotism.
Abraham Lincoln and Anna Quindlen both believed that patriotism is a key part to making a country run. They both state that, to make a country last, that nation needs patriotism. Anna Quindlen talks about patriotism alongside freedom and diversity between different cultures. Quindlen says “patriotism is partly taking pride in this unlikely ability to throw all of us together in a country that across its length breadth is a different as a dozen counties, and still be able to call it by one name” (Quindlen 6). Quindlen is trying to say that no matter what varieties of race our nation contains or how different we are, we can and should peacefully share a same country we can be proud of. Abraham Lincoln explains that patriotism is having pride in your country and fighting for what you believe in. Lincoln says, “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here” (Lincoln 27). He is saying that people might not remember what the says, but they will always remember the brave, patriotic sacrifice of the soldiers. Both authors are trying to say that we need to fight for what we believe in and stand as one country that recognizes its value.
Anna Quindlen and Abraham Lincoln share many similarities and differences and the values they see in our countries. Both “The Gettysburg Address” and “A Quilt of a Country” explore the values of equality, unity, and patriotism, though they do so in different ways. By examining these two authors, one can trace how our nation’s values have changed over time. Ultimately, how these values look may have changed, but that they are central to our nation’s identity has remained true throughout our nation’s history.
Compare and Contrast Reflection
1. List one thing you’ve learned from writing this paper that you can apply to other writing assignments. What will that look like?
While writing this paper I learned how to take quotes from a book and put them in a paper.
2.Identify a specific revision you were asked to make and explain why (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you revise? What did you learn?
Throughout the book I made many spelling errors and I was told to fix them. I learned that I need to spell better.
3.What are the conventions of a compare and contrast essay and how did you meet those this assignment?
The conventions of a compare and contrast paper are the, author, title, genre, main points, while not showing opinions. I checked for these things as I wrote the paper.
4.Given more time to work on this assignment, how would your improve it?
I would have revised my paper better.
5.What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper?
I compared two stories and made a compare and contrast paper.
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-3
25 September 2018
America's Values
Elmer Davis once said, “This nation will remain the land of the free only so as it remains the land of the brave.” Many people have expressed opinions about what is necessary to keep America’s ideals alive, including Abraham Lincoln and Anna Quindlen. This essay will compare and contrast Abraham Lincoln’s Famous speech “The Gettysburg Address” with Anna Quindlens’s article “Quilt of a Country.” Both authors recognize the importance of to our national identity.
Anna Quindlen and Abraham Lincoln both strive to convince their audiences to treat one another equally. Both authors make the argument that treating one another equally will lead to a more peaceful nation. Quindlen urges her audience to the end the tensions between the various cultures that exist within the United States. She describes our nation as “a mongrel nation of ever-changing disparate parts…held together by…the notion that all men are created” (Quindlen 3). Quindlen highlights the fact that the United States is the only country build upon the concept of equality among people from a variety of cultural backgrounds. One hundred and thirty eight years earlier, Abraham Lincoln spoke to and entire audience of Americans urging them to fight for the equality of slaves. Lincoln wrote that American was “conceived in the liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” (Lincoln 27). While Quindeln talks about equality among diverse cultures, Lincoln urges the nation to end slavery. While goals of the authors are different, both of them recognize equality as defining value to our nation. Similar parallels can be seen in their opinions about unity.
Both Abraham Lincoln and Anna Quindlen want to bring the United States of America’s people together. Quindlen wants to unite the various, diverse cultures that live in the U.S. Quindlen says that our country stands for the “vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nation, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side, then on either side of the country’s Chester Avenues” (Quindlen 5). Here, the author clearly values unity explains that one of the unique and valuable characteristics of this country is that diverse people can coexist peacefully as one complete nation. While Quindlen seeks to unify diverse cultures, Lincoln sought to unify the North and South during the Civil War. Lincoln begins his speech by telling the audience that “now, we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure” (Lincoln 27). Lincoln urges his audience to work toward the goal of unifying the nation to ensure the survival of our country. Both authors agree that unifying our people will lead to survival of our nation. Both authors value unity and patriotism.
Abraham Lincoln and Anna Quindlen both believed that patriotism is a key part to making a country run. They both state that, to make a country last, that nation needs patriotism. Anna Quindlen talks about patriotism alongside freedom and diversity between different cultures. Quindlen says “patriotism is partly taking pride in this unlikely ability to throw all of us together in a country that across its length breadth is a different as a dozen counties, and still be able to call it by one name” (Quindlen 6). Quindlen is trying to say that no matter what varieties of race our nation contains or how different we are, we can and should peacefully share a same country we can be proud of. Abraham Lincoln explains that patriotism is having pride in your country and fighting for what you believe in. Lincoln says, “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here” (Lincoln 27). He is saying that people might not remember what the says, but they will always remember the brave, patriotic sacrifice of the soldiers. Both authors are trying to say that we need to fight for what we believe in and stand as one country that recognizes its value.
Anna Quindlen and Abraham Lincoln share many similarities and differences and the values they see in our countries. Both “The Gettysburg Address” and “A Quilt of a Country” explore the values of equality, unity, and patriotism, though they do so in different ways. By examining these two authors, one can trace how our nation’s values have changed over time. Ultimately, how these values look may have changed, but that they are central to our nation’s identity has remained true throughout our nation’s history.
Compare and Contrast Reflection
1. List one thing you’ve learned from writing this paper that you can apply to other writing assignments. What will that look like?
While writing this paper I learned how to take quotes from a book and put them in a paper.
2.Identify a specific revision you were asked to make and explain why (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you revise? What did you learn?
Throughout the book I made many spelling errors and I was told to fix them. I learned that I need to spell better.
3.What are the conventions of a compare and contrast essay and how did you meet those this assignment?
The conventions of a compare and contrast paper are the, author, title, genre, main points, while not showing opinions. I checked for these things as I wrote the paper.
4.Given more time to work on this assignment, how would your improve it?
I would have revised my paper better.
5.What is one thing you’re proud of in this paper?
I compared two stories and made a compare and contrast paper.