Why does Anna Quindlen claim that “American is an improbably idea”?
What reasoning does she use to support this idea?
What are the conflicts or failures America has experienced?
According to the author, how can America overcome those failures and realize its potential?
Describe Quindlen’s purpose and viewpoint in your own words. Use two pieces of evidence to support your answer.

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following is true about the above excerpt? ethos is used in reference to “dangers and ghosts.” logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the talmud also praised forgetting. ethos is used in referring to the ancients, the talmud, and god. pathos is used without loaded language.

What is a hyperbole in the book messenger

Isaw my future flash before me and it did not take me anytime to slow down. i need to replace the words "it did".