Questions

1. How would you describe the tone of this letter? Cite specific words and structural elements. What is the effect of including the phrase “in a very real sense” (par. 2)?

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   Questions: - How would you describe the tone of this letter? Cite specific words and structural elements. What is the effect of including the phrase “in a very real sense” (par. 2)?
2. What acknowledgment does the letter make? What does it not acknowledge? Is emphasis placed on the individual or the community—in terms of both responsibility and restitution?

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   Questions: - What acknowledgment does the letter make? What does it not acknowledge? Is emphasis placed on the individual or the community—in terms of both responsibility and restitution?
3. President Ronald Reagan, who signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, made the following comment: “Yes, the nation was then at war, struggling for its survival. And it’s not for us today to pass judgment upon those who may have made mistakes while engaged in that great struggle. Yet we must recognize that the internment of Japanese Americans was just that, a mistake.” Do you think that this comment (or a paraphrase expressing the same point) should have been included as part of the letter? Why or why not?

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   Questions: - President Ronald Reagan, who signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, made the following comment: “Yes, the nation was then at war, struggling for its survival. And it’s not for us today to pass judgment upon those who may have made mistakes while engaged in that great struggle. Yet we must recognize that the internment of Japanese Americans was just that, a mistake.” Do you think that this comment (or a paraphrase expressing the same point) should have been included as part of the letter? Why or why not?