Answer:
1. The United States is made up of people from diverse cultures. Therefore, to achieve progress, citizens should focus, not on their differences but on their future.
2. Democracy may be temporarily delayed but not permanently defeated. although the events leading up to the inauguration were marred with unrest, democracy finally came off victorious.
3. The present generation owes it to the next generation to leave a better nation that is marked with love.
Explanation:
Amanda Gorman's poem, "The Hill We Climb", is an uplifting poem that not only recognizes the problems facing the United States but also encourages the nation and its citizens to move ahead without allowing racial differences to pose as a barrier to their unity.
She recognized the struggles of their founding fathers who fought for a revolution and reminded the present generation of citizens that they owed it to their children to leave a better nation. She also remarked that even though democracy may be "periodically delayed", it would not be "permanently denied".
