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?

Anne Quindlen, the writer of "A Quilt of a Country" uses vivid imagery to show the idea that America is less polarized now than it was in the past.

Explanation:

Pulitzer Prize award winner Anne Quindlen wrote "A Quilt of a Country" in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack to demonstrate and emphasize the unity of the American people in the face of adversity. Even though America is inhabited by various nationalities with unique and distinct traditions, they all come united when fighting against issues such as terrorism. In the above passage, she is reiterating the America of today, the America that is no longer biased against outsiders. Instead, it has become a place where everyone can stay peacefully, while they can still uphold their own cultures. Through all the various problems, it has retained it's unity and that is what makes America a great nation.

realistic fiction depicts life and society in a true to life  manner.

its main characters are dynamic.

they grow and transform with their experiences, making it easier for readers to  relate to them.

this genre primarily focuses on the  daily struggles  of ordinary people, validating their experiences.

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        its hard for some people to get along and that’s the case for douglass and canot. most of the time when people do not agree with each other its because they have different presperctives, and that is the case here.

captain canot was never a slave so but he was a slaver and a slave ship captain and just like the slave master's he tought it was it was totally normal, he used captain conot is a cruel man who enjoys whipping slaves but never   got whipped he saw it has a destiny for the slave to be a slave and the slaver to be a slaver   but douglass has suffered whoppings cut   even for no reason sometimes. douglass believed that slavery was not natural to black people, they need to study and learn how to read and write. he knew they have rights.

it was really not the captain’s fault he was just brainwashed by the system and when your brainwashed by the system its hard not to be brainwashed. but the reason douglass wants this is because he has suffered he knows how it feels and will do anything to stop that.