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The author starts with a poem and then list problems from 1967 such as gangs, war, missing people, and drugs. Everything mentioned leans toward total destruction of one's self and others around them. Everyone has different values and forces that unify them or destroy them as a whole. The article is stating, when something goes to complete destruction or has a fall out, it doesn't always happen extremely fast. It can approach slowly and undetected.

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The center is the unifying forces that bring Americans together. She begins the whole text by a poem because it gives vivid imagery that sets off the mood for the whole text.

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The society between the story and the poem are similar in that they are both tearing at the seams. They are unable to hold together and basically need some type of "savior".

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The beginning paragraphs of the essay mimic the poem by stating all of the hardships that the society is facing which is done throughout the poem.

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The society in the text is falling apart because of the focus on war and culture shifting from dealing with tragic events and reality of what is actually happening in the world and so is Okonkwo's society but because of this new religion, Christianity. Their society is held together with their religion and Christianity is tearing it apart by making people turn away from their traditions which can also be seen in the text.