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  • Essay / The Best Country - 1559

    The scene takes place in a lecture hall with a student body and four professors. A student gets up to the microphone to ask the professors to briefly explain to her why the United States is the best country. Two of the four professors have no problem answering this question with their answers ranging from freedom to diversity and opportunity. A character named Will, also one of the teachers, sarcastically responds "the New York Jets". There is a small laugh from the crowd. The other professor who hasn't yet answered the question challenges Will to come up with a better answer; he was not satisfied. After some encouragement, Will finally said, "This isn't the best country in the world, Professor." This is my answer. This shocks the crowd, no one expected his response. He goes on and explains his reasoning and through the heartfelt response the viewer sees his point of view. Will speaks to the audience's emotions. It presents statistics such that there are 217 sovereign states and 180 of them enjoy freedom; The United States is not the only country in the world that enjoys freedom. Another statistic he addresses is that the United States was ranked seventeenth in literacy and is now twenty-seventh. It sends the message that if the United States really is the better country, why are we slipping down the ranks? These two genres concentrate