A Letter to America

While reading this article I found it creative in the way Margret Atwood wrote it, as a letter to america. But I felt it was one-sided. I do agree with the problems Atwood listed about America and they do need to be fixed, but I didn't like the fact that she only listed her positive memories of America back in the day and listed only the negative problems hanging over America now. In her article Atwood makes it seem that America "used" to be a sort of magical country; "you were the music I sang and danced too: Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, the Platters, Elvis, you were a lot of fun. You wrote some of my favorite books....." (566) While talking about modern America Atwood had this to say; Your gutting the constitution. Already your home can be entered without knowledge or permission, you can be snatched up and incarserated without a cause, your mail can be spied on and your private records can be searched."(567) I agree that America does have a lot of issues to deal with but thats how it has always been. Or maybe Atwood forgot about the civil rights movement in the 60's and 70's, or how about the assassination of President Kennedy? I wonder if she can spell Vietnam. Maybe she was too busy getting "high" in the 70's and forgot about Nixons recognition. When both eras are compared they both have their own problems and issues going on. America has changed from then to now but that doesn't meant it hasn't improved. Everyday our technology seems to be improving, we have touch screen computers and cell phones, HD T.V., Blue Disc, I pods, and amazing military equipment. Things that if Atwood were to see when she was younger would make her crap her pants! We have reality T.V. shows, Harry Potter Books, and The Chronicle of Narnia movies, and yes Atwood we still have Mickey Mouse and Disneyland. We are still a free nation, a democracy where nowadays anyone can make a fortune with just a little determination. Im not saying America is way better off than it was back then, and Im not saying that it is worse, but it has changed and will continue to change and when changes happen that we don't approve of we should still look at the great free nation that we are and be thankful.