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My Ailing Champion by Demetrius Koubourlis
My Ailing Champion details the harsh environment of the Nazi occupation in Greece and the many obstacles the author faced to get an education in the post-WW II years. Family and community leaders opposed education. His mother prevented the author from reading books; she even burned history clippings collected from the local newspaper. It was with great difficulty that the author’s father was persuaded to allow the completion of secondary education. With promises for higher education, the author’s father twice deceived him to secure his free labor. It was for America to throw a lifeline and enable him to get an education, all the way to the Ph.D. degree. The author expresses his deep gratitude for a chance at the American Dream and bemoans the current state of America,his ailing champion. He casts a hopeful note stemming from America’s noble character and long-term aspirations, concluding that, far from being perfect, America is nevertheless the best country the world has ever known.
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