Question

Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." The New York of my children is no more Balkanized, probably less so, than the Philadelphia of my father, in which Jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the Irish divide of Chester Avenue. (I was the product of a mixed marriage, across barely bridgeable lines: an Italian girl, an Irish boy. How quaint it seems now, how incendiary then.) The Brooklyn of Francie Nolan's famous tree, the Newark of which Portnoy complained, even the uninflected WASP suburbs of Cheever's characters: they are ghettos, pure and simple. Do the Cambodians and the Mexicans in California coexist less easily today than did the Irish and Italians of Massachusetts a century ago? You know the answer. What technique does Quindlen use to support the idea that America is less polarized now than it was in past history? facts and statistics neutral language quotations from other people vivid imagery

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The Cambodians and the Mexicans coexist less easily today due to the  custom of mixed marriage between Irish and Italian.

2. The different techniques that Quindlen use to support the idea that America is less polarized are - facts and statistics, neutral language, quotations from other people and vivid imagery

Explanation:

•  "A Quilt of a Country" by Quindlen reflects multiculturalism and conflict in  the United States since 9/11. Anna Quindlen begins by talking about the dark past and racial and ethnic differences that Americans have to fight when they say America is a great country: slavery, the killing of gay men, and Lynch. Next, she writes about the frequent conflicts due to the mixture of different groups. She refers, for example, to the scandal surrounding the marriage of her Irish and Italian parents  and the "Irish division" of Philadelphia, which separated the Irish from the non-Irish.
• Quindlen wonders how such diverse lands can be held together when other places with such divisions sometimes divide into different countries. She states that the Cold War created a common enemy and many were afraid that the end of the conflict would bring everyone apart. However, the tragic event of 9/11 has brought the country back. She also states that new immigrants are not much different from past immigrants. They all face the same prejudice, but in the end they are accepted. She concludes her essay by stating that the victims of the September 11 attack also reflected the diversity of the country and that the attack reunited people. After all, America is an example of an impossible success, it is a nation that is supposed to collapse, but is always finding ways to stay together.

#SPJ2