For example, in the article “Making the Future Better Together” by Eboo Patel, he states that “As a nation, we’ve spent the last several weeks trying to decipher the meaning of 9/11”(Patel 6). In this quote, Patel expresses how the effects of the tragedy presented, which was 9/11, was able to bring the nation together, because the people came together, and helped heal each other’s wounds. This demonstrates how people can unite as one because of an occurrence of a tragedy. In addition, in the poem “The Vietnam Wall” by Alberto Ríos, he writes “Little kids do not make the same noise. Here, junior high school boys don’t run or hold each other in headlocks”(Ríos 34). In this example, the author shows how no matter the age at the memorial, everyone acted mature and showed respect for people that they did not even know. This demonstrates how the tragedy represented in this example, which were the deaths of fallen soldiers, was able to connect people to one another because they were able to relate emotionally. In conclusion, individuals and society can relate to one another and find common grounds due to the effects of