... exceptionalism."2 His words were a far cry from a "Lincolnian" rhetoric depicting America as "the last best hope of man on earth."3 My first task was to define exceptionalism. Exceptionalism by nature packs a lot of different ideas, regarding both internal and foreign affairs. As James Ceaser states "It is probably a truism of political speech that if one ... much prevalence it had in the minds of the American people. For this we may start all the way back at the founding of the nation. Heralding John Winthrop's famous metaphor as the new state being a "City upon a hill"9 the puritan fo...

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... is a town without an economy; it is an agricultural community. Like many third-world countries, the town must purchase foreign goods with its raw materials. In this way Macondo becomes a metaphor for South America and its relation with developed countries like the U.S. While there is desire for progress in Macondo, the only sources of monetary exchange are the natural resources. In ... a common theme partially because of the strong agricultural ties that Latin America depends on, literally for its life. In effect, the green, fertile environments in which their struggles take place defin...

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