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Liberty By Viet Dinh Analysis

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8. America represents freedom from exile. Viet Dinh and his family were looking to escape their country and find peace and freedom in America. In this story America is associated with similiar things in “Liberty”. In the story “Liberty” America is associated with freedom and a new start and so is the story “An American Story”. 9. Based on my reading of the article and “An American Story,” I think Wiet Dinh makes a good example for other people because he became a law clerk and he also graduated from Harvard Law School. This is a good example for other people because it shows that in America, you have the freedom to do great things even when you are an immigrant. 10. I find Lewis’s article effective and his opinions convincing because he shows

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