Anna Quindlen The Quilt Of A Country Out Of Many Summary

title “Be Americans. … You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation.” was said by George Washington, America’s first president and leader. America succeeds despite being an “improbable idea” (Quindlen 2) because of the patriotism of her people and good leadership. The patriotism of the American people allows the nation to succeed despite being an “improbable idea” (Quindlen 2). Journalist Anna Quindlen in her essay The Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?, called America an “improbable idea” (2). But she also called it a “mongrel nation [has] one spirit” (4). The antithesis created by using the negatively connotated word, “mongrel” (Quindlen 4), to describe America and then following that by