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Quindlen: A Comparative Analysis

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In many cases, hatred is still spewed at theoretical stereotypes. Individuals who suggest hating one group or another because, from the outside, the group seems so different from them, may feel differently when they encounter the same people they proposed to hate as individuals: Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations with new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities. How is America different from every other country in the world? America is a unique and incredible idea because it is made up of so many parts that don't seem like they should fit together, but is actually made better because of all the diversified pieces. Quindlen uses a metaphor, or a literary comparison, of the

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