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Abigail Adam's Letter To Her Son Analysis

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In January of 1780, Abigail Adam’s, John Adam’s wife, writes a near and dear letter to her son about traveling overseas with his father. Adam’s tells her son about the challenges he will face and what he needs to do to overcome and defeat them. Adam’s proposes emphasis on patriotism to advise her son on having a positive attitude and doing what is best, throughout her letter. Models that is, “you will not swerve from her dictates, but add justice, fortitude, and every manly virtue,” you will become a figure for everyone to admire and look upon. Adam’s constructs these words to get her son to understand that instead of just avoiding problems and making people angry, you need to face and confront them. When writing, “adorn a good citizen, do

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