Tuesday, September 14, 2010

A Letter to America by Margaret Atwood

In the essay "A Letter to America" was introducing one of the greatest countries that was admired and loved from people in the world. Where now it is a country of lonely aspirations of hope and divine misguidance. As Atwood investigated the overall situation that has brought America to its shame and economic situation she has now lost hope for her country. As Atwood said, "They'll decide that you city upon the hill is a slum and your democracy is a sham, and therefore you have no business trying to impose you sullied vision on them. They'll think you've abandoned the rule of law. They'll think you've fouled your own nest." she has explained that America has lost their way of the what was true and honorable because now it has suggested that they broke the 'way of the America', for that reason it is in this essay that is projecting that the America is not as respected and looked up to as it was before.

I believe that this essay is meant for the government because it is their responsibility to keep the reputation that America has from the past and the present. It has evaluated that being the 'Big Brother' of the world has its positive aspects and its negative aspects, that all things does change. As Atwood has brought the attention that America was not the way it was before it showed true investigations on why this great country is now on its downfall of its climax. An good example from the essay is "We're like Romanized Gauls -- look like Romans, dress like Romans, but aren't Romans -- peering over the wall at the real Romans."

Atwood has enable to show and describe the attributes that America once had and still have the potential to be. As for this essay, it has deliberately put out a the sign that America is not prioritizing the values that it had, therefore, their priorities has guided them destructive propositions. Although she pointed out that their is still hope for the future, where it is acquired to suggest to bring back what America meant "the ather of environmentalism, witness to individual conscience; singer of the great Republic, and keeper of the private soul.". This remark has made its potential hope for the future for once again being admired as a great country that other people looked up to.

Question: Would you believe that Atwoods essay is precisely accurate on what America is like in its present day? And would you believe that it will change in the future?

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