Problem
Jose Marti "Nuestra America" and Theodore Roosevelt "From American Ideals"
I. Roosevelt and Marti (Critiques of America?)
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What are their criticisms of America? What are the visions or critiques of democracy? (Do either of them remind you of anything Whitman says? Make a connection to Whitman's democratic vistas)
II. Marti and Roosevelt (Inclusion and Exclusion)
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Who is "included" in Marti's vision of "Our" America? Who is excluded? Who is "included" in Roosevelt's vision of America? Who is excluded?
III. Roosevelt and Marti (Visions of America or Americans)
How different are Marti's and Roosevelt's visions of America and American(s)?
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IV. How is Marti's vision of "America" complicated by his exiled (from Cuba) reality?
V. Roosevelt's Vision
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Roosevelt's vision of America is complicated. It asks a lot of "new" immigrants coming into the U.S. What is it asking for? How is that vision going to be questioned?