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Emma Lazarus and Anna Quindlen have very different view points on the same thing, immigration to the United States. Both authors think immigration is positive. For example, Lazarus wrote “Glows world wide welcome.” Emma Lazarus is talking about the Statue Of Liberty. One of the first things people see when they immigrate is that huge symbol welcoming them, and it shows everyone that they are welcomed and accepted in this free country. Next Quindlen wrote, “The greengrocer stocks yellow peppers and

TITLE GOES HERE “But while the christmas holidays make for heartrending copy, summer is really ground zero in the battle to keep kids fed.” Anna Quindlen says while she’s trying to explain the problems of not having food for families in the summer. The Agriculture department analyzes that from 1999 to 2000 the requests for food assistance has gone up 20%. Quindlen explains the problem of the lack of food some families have in America by using analytical data and explaining the views as Americans.

In the article Driving to the Funeral Anna Quindlen talks about teens that are between the ages of 15-20 are the ones who are most likely to be involved in car crashes before graduating high school. This article is intended to be read by parents primarily, as they are the main demographic that the topic of teenage driving concerns. Quindlen uses pathos, logos and ethos to inform parents with children for a higher driving age. Quindlen uses pathos to convey the danger of youth driving and the emotional

School’s Out for Summer by Anna Quindlen, she addresses the problem of child hunger in America. She believes that the people of America can make less fortunate people happier by giving back to them. It shouldn’t matter who you are, people should get the same treatment for themselves & their children. No child should have to wonder if they're going to eat at night. Anna Quindlen wrote this essay to persuade Americans to help stop the problem of child hunger. In the text Anna Quindlen says, “we Americans

it is possible for the U.S to succeed by seeing the problems with division and clash, and allowing the benefits of unity to outweigh its own prejudices. In her essay: The Quilt, Anna Quindlen utilizes pathos to engage her audience and demonstrate to them that no matter how improbable, America can come together. Quindlen first describes the horrors of the U.S when she writes of “the lynching of blacks, the denial of rights to women, the murders of gay men” in order

In reading Anna Quindlen’s¬¬ 2008 op-ed, “Stuff Is Not Salvation”, she briefs the reader on the horrors of American consumerism. Her piece starts with a morbid detail of a Wal-Mart employee that was trampled to death during a Black Friday Sale. She goes on to summarize how the shoppers continued to grab items even after the management announced that the store was closed. Quindlen also sprinkles her work with several statistics. Though there are many valid points that these statistics bring, she doesn’t

interactions? Drawing on the works of authors of Anna Quindlen, Virginia Woolf, and Cathy Song, it is apparent that these divides are not rooted in our genetics. Although, on the surface, they agree that socialization is a cause of gender difference, they convey different meanings for our expectations concerning gender. Woolf’s claim is without an outlet by which women can escape the gender expectations society expects of them, which reinforces

children should be micromanaged. In the first article, Anna Quindlen claims that children shouldn’t have every minute of their lives scheduled because “downtime is where we become ourselves” and that allows children to grow. Her use of vivid imagery prompts the audience to empathize with the children. She describes the nostalgia of having “day trips to the beach” and “pickup games” that are no longer available to today’s generation. Quindlen also established herself as a sincere person since she

YOUR TITLE GOES HERE The author of this essay Anna Quindlen purpose of writing School’s out for Summer is that when summer begins it has an effect on many hungry children. She thinks that America is not acknowledging child hunger enough. She thinks that people in America should hear more about child hunger publicly on the news and in the newspaper. She wants this so we could stop this in America. The first claim in the essay is that, it states that during the school year fifteen million students

Jamie Payne Amber rife Composition 1 In "stuff is not salvation" Anna Quindlen argues that Americans desire for junk over things they really need. Quindlen wants her readers to understand that "stuff does not bring salvation" (322). Quindlen starts of her writing by telling us how a worker died because he was rushed by tons of people that were trying to get all of the discounted goodies during a Black Friday sale then she talks about how Americans will be a trillion dollars in debt by 2010.