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pulitzercenter.org pulitzercenter.org
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Like most young people, I thoughtI understood so much, when in fact Iunderstood so little. My father knewexactly what he was doing when heraised that flag. He knew that ourpeople’s contributions to build-ing the richest and most powerfulnation in the world were indelible,that the United States simply wouldnot exist without us
I picked this sentence because when they said "Like most young people, I thought I understood so much, when in fact I understood so little." This represents the theme of youth and wisdom it helps show how young people often overestimate their knowledge or understanding. When they said "My father knew exactly what he was doing when he raised that flag" show that raising the flag can symbolize taking a stand or claiming a rightful place in a nation’s history.
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At the time, one-fifth of the pop-ulation within the 13 colonies strug-gled under a brutal system of slaveryunlike anything that had existed inthe world before. Chattel slaverywas not conditional but racial. Itwas heritable and permanent, nottemporary, meaning generationsof black people were born into itand passed their enslaved statusonto their children.
In the passage they wrote "One-fifth of the population within the 13 colonies struggled under a brutal system of slavery." This highlights the widespread nature of slavery in colonial America, affecting a significant portion of the population. Also when they said "A brutal system of slavery unlike anything that had existed in the world before" this sentences shows how intense slavery was because they didn't use the word bad they used brutal to give the readers a real view of how bad slavery was.
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