Briefly describe poe’s requirements for the short story genre.

1. Be able to be read in one sitting.  Poe defined this as being from one-half hour to one or two hours.

2. Strive for unity of effect.  Poe believed the aim of the short story was to create a mood, an ambience, or as he called it, an “effect.” 

3. Begin with the first sentence.  Poe insisted that the effect should be created from the very first line.

4. Have nothing in it that detracts from the design. The story should lead directly and inevitably to the conclusion without excess or digressive material.

5. Aim for truth.  He believed that the story should remain true to the way people really act in a given situation, true to the human heart.

6. Stress imagination, invention, creation and originality. 

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)

i think   they were arguing over whether they would get info from doing it or nit was invading privacy