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Summary Of Rituals Of Memory And Quilt Of A Country

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In this essay, I will be talking about the ideas that three stories convey about the individual’s roles in society. The three stories that I will be writing about are Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer, Rituals of memory by Kimberly M. Blaeser, and Quilt of a Country by Anna Quindlen. All three of these stories have something in common and are about very similar things. To conclude, I will be saying how Once Upon a Time, Rituals of Memory, and a Quilt of a Country convey the individual’s roles in society. Quilt of a country by Anna Quindlen, is a very honest story because of what it’s about. A basic summary about the story Quilt of a country is that it’s about how America is very diverse yet it is still a unified nation. This story is similar to the story Rituals of memory and Once upon time because they all stories that has to do with diversity. I know that Quilt of a Country is about diversity and how although America is diverse we are still unified because in the passage it states “America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though …show more content…

Blaeser, is a great story. Rituals of Memory is a story that talks about the author’s memories. In the story it talks about how she lives in a culturally diverse community. I know this because in the story it says “My memories entangle themselves oddly among the roots of several cultures: Native American, perhaps foremost in my mind, but also a German Catholic background, the culture of rural America, the close looping of small towns in the Midwest, and what I guess could be called Minnesota wilderness culture”. This proves that she lives in a culturally diverse community, but it also proves how the story Rituals of Memory is similar to both other passages. In conclusion, Rituals of memory is a great story about the author’s memories about living in a culturally diverse

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