at the end of the meal, my father leaned back and belched loudly, my mother for her fine cooking. "it's a polite chinese custom to show you are satisfied," explained my father to our astonished guests. robert was looking at his plate with a reddened face. the minister managed to muster up a quiet burp. i was stunned into silence for the rest of the night.
—“fish cheeks,”
amy tan

why does amy tan use the imagery “belched loudly” to describe her father’s burp and “reddened” to describe robert’s face?
to show that her father is trying to embarrass her
to show that robert is unable to burp and show he is satisfied
to show how impolite her father is being
to show how different amy’s family’s customs are from robert’s

To show how different Amy’s family’s customs are from Robert’s

Explanation:

Fish Cheeks is a story about Amy, a Chinese girl, and her family. They invited the minister`s family to Christmas Eve dinner. Amy is in love with their son Robert. Amy was afraid how the evening will turn out because their customs differ a lot and Robert`s family might think something bad about her family. They are loud and their behavior is much more relaxed than it is in a middle-class American family. So what her father did was just an act of courtesy which minister`s family tried to follow. Amy felt so embarrassed. After the dinner was over, her mother said that it is okay that she wants to be socially accepted, but that she should not give up her origin.

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)

honestly this is the biggest mood ever, i couldn't relate to this more

explanation: