Read the passage and answer the question that follows. from gulliver's travels, by jonathan swift my gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court, and indeed upon the army and people in general, that i began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time. i took all possible methods to cultivate this favourable disposition. the natives came, by degrees, to be less apprehensive of any danger from me. i would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair. i had now made a good progress in understanding and speaking the language. the emperor had a mind one day to entertain me with several of the country shows, wherein they exceed all nations i have known, both for dexterity and magnificence. i was diverted with none so much as that of the rope-dancers, performed upon a slender white thread, extended about two feet, and twelve inches from the ground. upon which i shall desire liberty, with the reader's patience, to enlarge a little. based on the information in this passage, the story's events will most likely focus on the characteristics of the society visited by the narrator the narrator's attempts to forcibly break free from the emperor's control the entertainments attended by the narrator over time the narrator's efforts to develop a good relationship with the other characters

Among the options  given on the question the correct answer is option  D.

the narrator's efforts to develop a good relationship with the other characters

Explanation:The excerpt is from the Gulliver's Travel. On the excerpt there is the description of a part from the story of Gulliver where met the liliput.

The people of that kingdom were very small and short. The first few days they were hostile to Gulliver, but soon the behavior of Gulliver impressed all of them including the King. The boys and girl used play hide and seek into his hair. Soon from his good behavior, the king decided to entertain Gulliver with the country shows.

Gulliver was moved by the shows. he was never astonished as like as that day. Because he never saw such performances. Specially the rope dance had stunned him. These events mean that the people of that kingdom were pleased at Gulliver. This was an effort to make relation with people of this kingdom.

So, based on the information of the passage,the answer is option D.

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)