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Kate Chopin's The Land Of Opportunity
The author's harangue is right because she proves that America is an exonerated country that many people admire and also laud as the ''Land of Opportunity'' , ''where the self-made man is found on every corner; a land that serves as a litmus test to all other lands; a land where wealth and social status do not inhibit one’s potential''.The odious news that are reported to show their hate for United States in common.For example the 9/11.The synopsis of the story is that the ''Land of Opportunity, where anything is possible''and also ''a country that can boast the successful by -products of hard

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