Summary Of America By Dinesh D'souza

America was once a great country. People looked at this nation as the “land of opportunity,” because of the unlimited potential that could be reached by even the poorest. Now, America has a disreputable notoriety due to its constant mistakes. A continuous list of numerous incidents, hypocrisies, involvements, and self destructive factors have not only negatively shaped the minds of its own people, but also the rest of the world. This nation has created chaos in the Middle East, piled a massive amount of debt, violated its very own constitution and lost its integrity. Based off of these negative occurrences, there is no doubt that America has changed for the worse. Authors Dinesh D’Souza and John Hawkins disagree with this stance, however, there
Margaret Atwood provides this solution within a form of a metaphor, which is used to appeal to the audience and clarify how America should go back to its old ways. Regardless of this solution, one current fact remains: that America is much worse now, as it was before. Author, Dinesh D’Souza, believes that the flaws of America are highly exaggerated. D’Souza uses a method of “compare and contrast” between America and the less fortunate countries in order to show the readers how fortunate America’s people really are. With this, he shows us how America could have taken a turn for the worse, and that we should be grateful for the privileges that are granted to us. In his article, D’Souza states, “In much of the world today, the average citizen has a very hard life. In the Third World, people are struggling for their basic existence. It
to a country that is more superior and say, “it could be better.” John Hawkins’ stance is also invalid because of the use of oversimplification. While he mentions the good that came out of America’s Middle East intervention, he fails to shed light upon the total amount of death and destruction this nation has caused. Atwood certainly acknowledges America’s interference in the Middle East, and states, “I won’t go into the reasons why I think your recent Iraqi adventures have been — taking the long view — an ill-advised tactical error. By the time you read this, Baghdad may or may not look like the craters of the moon…” (Atwood 512). From this quote, it is clear that Atwood realizes America’s mistake, and believes that the destruction caused by the U.S. in Iraq was a terrible endeavour. She does not falsely use the idea of “spreading democracy” like Hawkins does in order to justify the destruction of an entire city. Stephen L. Carter’s argument is more specific, and focuses on the American people's morality, which he believes has taken a turn for the worse. I agree with Atwood and Carter, and disagree with D’Souza and Hawkins. America has definitely become worse throughout the years, as opposed to several decades ago because of its destruction caused in the Middle East, the breaching of its own