Assertion: grandfather | /r/CapableOf | cling to his memories of the past much
Facets:
value: the way america clings
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It was important to the grandfather to be a leader, and he was a leader, but that heroism did not make his life an ideal thing; instead, he clings to his memories of the past much the way America clings to its heroic memory of the West.