Diego Vargas
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-1A
10 October 2019
The American Dream
Julian Castro once said “In the end, the American Dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don’t always cross the finish line in the span of one generation, but each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor.” Throughout American history, the struggles to attain an equal, united nation have been passed on. This essay will compare and contrast how Anna Quindlen’s “A Quilt of a Country” and Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettsyburg Address” treat the issues of equality, unity, and patriotism in their visions of the American Dream. Equality is the first ideal both authors agree on.
Quindlen and Lincoln both discuss equality in their works. Both authors agree that a equality is an ideal worth striving for, even though we have not achieved it in our nation. Quindlen explains that our nation has held onto our value of equality, since its creation. She writes , “America... is held together by the notion that all men are created equal” (Quindlen 3). Here, Quindlen highlights the value of equality not only as something we should fight, for but also as a value that has held our nation together. Quindlen also saw the difficulty in attaining equality, though. Quindlen points to cultural inequalities in our nation, but Lincoln faced more severe issues surrounding slavery. Lincoln, like Quindlen, saw the inequalities in the way people in our country are treated, but he fought a civil war to free slaves. In his speech, he says “We here highly resolve that...this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom” (Lincoln 28). Lincoln wanted equality to keep our nation together, but he didn’t see the fruits of his labor. Both authors value unity as well as equality.
Lincoln and Quindlen both discuss how unity is important to this nation. Quindlen says unity is a value of our nation, but its hard maintain because of value and other values. “With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust a sense of national indentity would evaporate”. (Quindlen 5) Quindlen is saying that US values unity but we value individualism which doesn’t always alien with unity. Quindlen urges leaders to unite the nation as one. Quindlen notices that the nation came together after 9-11 but Lincoln saw the country divide over the issue of slavery. Lincoln urges to make people to make sure governments of the people by the people for the people after 9-11 (Lincoln-28). Lincoln and Quindlen are both pro unity but Quindlen wanted to unite the country by socialy and Lincoln by government.
Both Quindlen and Lincoln say that patriotism is needed in order to unite the country. Quindlen explains that her definition of patriotism is putting such a variety of cultures together in one in one place and keeping them together as one nation. She writes “But patriotism is partly taking pride in this unlikely ability to throw all of us together in a country that across its length and breadth is a differnce as a dozen countries, and still be able to call it by one name” (Quindlen 6). Quindlen defines patriotism as pride in our struggle to stay together despite our differences. Quindlen’s definition of patriotism doesn’t require much sacrifice as Lincoln... Lincoln needed more then pride. He needed devotion in the nation. At the decidation of the national cementry, Lincoln said , “We have come together ;to decdicate a portion of that of that field a resting place for those who gave their lives to the nation they fought for” (Lincoln 27) Lincoln’s defintion of patriotism is to fight for the country you love and make a sacrifice for it. Both Quindlen and Lincoln agree that patriotism is to love your country.
Equality, unity, and patriotism are all ideals that Quindlen and Lincoln share, though both authors fought for equality in their own way. they value them in different ways. Quindlen values all those things and wants to unite them socially and Lincoln wants to unite the government. Both of them want patriotism to unite the whole country so, Julian Castro ideas about the American dream is proven by Quindlen and Lincoln, it’s a relay, hot a sprint.
Page Break
Words Cited Page
Lincoln, Abraham “Gettysburg Address.” Collections edited by Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen, Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, and Lydia Palmer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, pp. 27-28
Quindlen, Anna. “A Quilt of a Country.” Collection edited by Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen, Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, and Lydia Stack, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, pp. 3-6
Compare and Contrast Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
I had to read the book first, then I had to write notes about both of the stories. Next, I used my notes to help me to write this paper. I had to compare both of them to compare and contrast the two stories.
2. What qualifies this paper as a compare and contrast essay? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
First we had to read the stories about Lincoln and Quindlen. Then we had to take notes about equality, unity, and patriotism and use them to help us write our paper. We had to compare the similarities of Lincoln and Quindlen and the differences of them.
3. Tell me about one challenge you faced writing this paper and how you overcame it.
We had to write a whole bunch of paragraphs and use quotes and write long paragraphs was a challenge for me. Diego Vargas
Ms. Lehmann
English 1-1A
10 October 2019
The American Dream
Julian Castro once said “In the end, the American Dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don’t always cross the finish line in the span of one generation, but each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor.” Throughout American history, the struggles to attain an equal, united nation have been passed on. This essay will compare and contrast how Anna Quindlen’s “A Quilt of a Country” and Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettsyburg Address” treat the issues of equality, unity, and patriotism in their visions of the American Dream. Equality is the first ideal both authors agree on.
Quindlen and Lincoln both discuss equality in their works. Both authors agree that a equality is an ideal worth striving for, even though we have not achieved it in our nation. Quindlen explains that our nation has held onto our value of equality, since its creation. She writes , “America... is held together by the notion that all men are created equal” (Quindlen 3). Here, Quindlen highlights the value of equality not only as something we should fight, for but also as a value that has held our nation together. Quindlen also saw the difficulty in attaining equality, though. Quindlen points to cultural inequalities in our nation, but Lincoln faced more severe issues surrounding slavery. Lincoln, like Quindlen, saw the inequalities in the way people in our country are treated, but he fought a civil war to free slaves. In his speech, he says “We here highly resolve that...this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom” (Lincoln 28). Lincoln wanted equality to keep our nation together, but he didn’t see the fruits of his labor. Both authors value unity as well as equality.
Lincoln and Quindlen both discuss how unity is important to this nation. Quindlen says unity is a value of our nation, but its hard maintain because of value and other values. “With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust a sense of national indentity would evaporate”. (Quindlen 5) Quindlen is saying that US values unity but we value individualism which doesn’t always alien with unity. Quindlen urges leaders to unite the nation as one. Quindlen notices that the nation came together after 9-11 but Lincoln saw the country divide over the issue of slavery. Lincoln urges to make people to make sure governments of the people by the people for the people after 9-11 (Lincoln-28). Lincoln and Quindlen are both pro unity but Quindlen wanted to unite the country by socialy and Lincoln by government.
Both Quindlen and Lincoln say that patriotism is needed in order to unite the country. Quindlen explains that her definition of patriotism is putting such a variety of cultures together in one in one place and keeping them together as one nation. She writes “But patriotism is partly taking pride in this unlikely ability to throw all of us together in a country that across its length and breadth is a differnce as a dozen countries, and still be able to call it by one name” (Quindlen 6). Quindlen defines patriotism as pride in our struggle to stay together despite our differences. Quindlen’s definition of patriotism doesn’t require much sacrifice as Lincoln... Lincoln needed more then pride. He needed devotion in the nation. At the decidation of the national cementry, Lincoln said , “We have come together ;to decdicate a portion of that of that field a resting place for those who gave their lives to the nation they fought for” (Lincoln 27) Lincoln’s defintion of patriotism is to fight for the country you love and make a sacrifice for it. Both Quindlen and Lincoln agree that patriotism is to love your country.
Equality, unity, and patriotism are all ideals that Quindlen and Lincoln share, though both authors fought for equality in their own way. they value them in different ways. Quindlen values all those things and wants to unite them socially and Lincoln wants to unite the government. Both of them want patriotism to unite the whole country so, Julian Castro ideas about the American dream is proven by Quindlen and Lincoln, it’s a relay, hot a sprint.
Page Break
Words Cited Page
Lincoln, Abraham “Gettysburg Address.” Collections edited by Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen, Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, and Lydia Palmer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, pp. 27-28
Quindlen, Anna. “A Quilt of a Country.” Collection edited by Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen, Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, and Lydia Stack, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, pp. 3-6
Compare and Contrast Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
I had to read the book first, then I had to write notes about both of the stories. Next, I used my notes to help me to write this paper. I had to compare both of them to compare and contrast the two stories.
2. What qualifies this paper as a compare and contrast essay? What are the requirements for this genre and how did you meet them?
First we had to read the stories about Lincoln and Quindlen. Then we had to take notes about equality, unity, and patriotism and use them to help us write our paper. We had to compare the similarities of Lincoln and Quindlen and the differences of them.
3. Tell me about one challenge you faced writing this paper and how you overcame it.
We had to write a whole bunch of paragraphs and use quotes and write long paragraphs was a challenge for me. Diego Vargas