Read the selection below from gulliver’s travels by jonathan swift and answer the question that follows. but the greatest danger i ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks in the kitchen. . [r]eaching one of his paws in at the door, as a cat does when she plays with a mouse . . [he] seized the lappet of my coat . . and dragged me out. he took me up in his right fore-foot, and held me as a nurse does a child she is going to suckle, just as i have seen the same sort of creature do with a kitten in europe; and when i offered to struggle, he squeezed me so hard, that i thought it more prudent to submit. in the passage above, who or what is the antagonist of the character vs. nature conflict? the monkey the kitten the narrator the clerks

The antagonist is the monkey.

In the character vs. nature conflict, the narrator is the protagonist and the monkey is the antagonist.

The antagonist is the villain, the enemy. In nature conflicts, this role can be represented by an animal or a weather event, like a twister.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.