Question

Using Lincoln’s “A House Divided” speech, Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” poem, and Jane Addams’s “Influence of Lincoln” memoir chapter, you are going to write an expository essay of at least 750 words to answer the question: “What American ideal(s) does Abraham Lincoln embody?” To get started, think about our discussion of Lincoln’s speech and reread “O Captain! My Captain!” and “Influence of Lincoln.” Identify the American ideals and Lincoln’s embodiment of them.

Answer 1

Lincolns emboided personally Integrity, a very important american value, and he believed in unity, unity through the country and through its people, in this way all can achieve the american dream.

Jane Addams talks abut the example Lincoln gave to the americans, how no one ever even tried to bribe him cause they all knew about his integrity and his well manners, how he would never betray his equals.

In capitan oh capitan you can feel and sense the feeling that lincolns death left in the american people, how he was supposed to lead the country to were we were, and couldn´t enjoy the results of all his hard work.

YOu can see how we saw him as one of the greatest in life, and his death only mitified more his life.