Success brings us more happiness when we work hard for it.
which of the following details from the story develop this theme?

“if you would grant me three wishes, let them, i pray you, be these. allow me to forget all that i have learned through the agency of these terrible pennies; give me a contented mind; and lastly, allow me to return to my studies with a new zest and the determination to rise by my own honest effort above all obstacles. it is all that i would ask! ”

hurriedly he changed his plans again, with the thought of a western route across the country, this time to discover himself lost in a burning desert, parched with thirst, stricken with a fever, and perishing alone under the pitiless sun.

it was as if ah fo had been struck a blow in the face. he could not have imagined such duplicity in the heretofore absolutely cordial and devoted friend. and yet, quick on its heels, came the memory that he had not infrequently felt the same way himself. this reading of other people’s minds certainly had its inconveniences!

“after all, we are but human! ” he mused. “tuan see is no worse than i. but what am i to do now? ” he spent the night in considering the question, and in the early morning sought once more the magician in the street of the purple lantern.

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)

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.

he uses the metaphor autumn.