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ic 25 - 28 american literature 1 make it new!: early modernism how we entered world war i by barbara tuchman on april 2, 1917, the united states as a new contender entered the tournament of world power from which we have not since, despite wishful attempts, been able to withdraw. up to then, notwithstanding our near - belligerence in the spanish - american war, we were not regarded as one of the great powers, either by them or, on the whole, by ourselves. american participation in the great war was the beginning of our majority in world affairs. in the half - century that has since elapsed, a fundamental shift of the international balance has taken place, with the sites of power spreading outward from europe to the periphery. the governing seat vacated by the collapse of britain has been taken - not without kicking and protesting against our take - by this country. on the outbreak of war in 1914 the prevailing american attitude was one of self - congratulation that it was none of our affair, and there was a fixed intention that it should not become so. in classic summary - appropriately from a small town in the heart of the midwest - the plain dealer of warsaw, indiana, stated: we never appreciated so keenly as now the foresight of our fathers in emigrating from europe. newspaper cartoons routinely depicted uncle sam separated by a large body of water from a far - off, furiously squabbling group of little figures; in one case reminding himself that the chance of his fate was tosit tight, keep his hands in his pockets and his mouth shut; in another case standing shoulder to shoulder with president wilson with backs firmly turned on europes gore - dripping barbarians. the belief in our safe isolation was reinforced by wilson, who, bent on pursuing the new read the final paragraph of how we entered world war i. in april 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed. america came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. that the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. to help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence. that screen, too, must fall. which best explains the purpose of repeating the word illusion in the paragraph? to mock the united states reasons for becoming involved in world war i to demonstrate that the united states sense of strength is a complete falsehood to highlight the fact that wilson based his decisions on false ideas to emphasize that the united states was never completely isolationist nor will it ever be all - powerful

Explanation:

El autor repite la palabra "ilusión" para enfatizar que la idea de aislamiento y la ilusión de omnipotencia son creencias falsas. El texto habla sobre cómo Estados Unidos abandonó la ilusión de aislamiento al entrar en la Primera Guerra Mundial y luego adoptó una nueva ilusión de omnipotencia, y que ambas son ilusiones que deben caer.

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to emphasize that the United States was never completely isolationist nor will it ever be all - powerful