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Optimism

Daniel Boorstein realizes that America is a wonderful place full of opportunity. He grew up in a wonderful town, one which had everything going for it. Oklahoma had been admitted as a state only 10 years before he and his family came, and in the time he was there it began to thrive. He was very politically educated and informed. Although he seemed to live in this perfect world, life was hard for some people—with the Klu Klux Klan and other race riots in the 1920s. He grew up in an optimistic and successful family, and the hardships he encountered never fazed him. Boorstein has this great wonder and awe toward America, and realizes it is a place where success can happen to anyone.
Boorstein dwells on what he believes are the positive aspects of America—religion, language, law and wealth. Boorstein mentions that, even though America is a diverse country, we have never suffered a religious war—one of the few diverse countries with the ability to say that. He mentions that......


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