Sonia is adapting the following scene into a sketch for her school’s drama club. Compare her version to the original:

Original: Rory stood pensively before the wall, which towered many dozens of feet high and had, so far as he could tell, no doors, no notches, no features of any kind. How frustrating, and yet, it was certainly a challenge.

Staged: (RORY and BELINDA stare up at a wall—it is high enough that its top cannot be seen on stage.) BELINDA: How many feet high is it, do you think? RORY: (excitedly) Dozens, I should think! No less than 60. BELINDA: There must be some kind of door! Or notches, or dents, something to climb . . . RORY: (gleeful) No, nothing of the sort. No features of any kind—look! BELINDA (pouting): How tremendously frustrating! RORY: Ah, but what a delicious challenge!

Which of the following best describes how adding a second character affects the scene?
A. The second character helps to resolve the conflict.
B. The second character helps to develop the setting by describing it aloud. C. The second character helps develop Rory’s character by acting as a contrast to him.
D. The second character helps to develop the plot by introducing important background information.

no strings?

sounds awesome,

explanation:

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)

edmund spenser and john bunyan also influenced hawthorne. : )

i hope this you with your work : )