His mother made him three loaves of bread and three cakes for him on his journey. She put poison in the cakes. She told him that the cakes were for him and the bread for his donkey. His donkey's name was Paul. After they had traveled all the morning, Manuel felt hungry. He got off his donkey and he found the bread and the cakes in his bag. The bread was hard, and the cakes were soft. "Paul has carried me so well," he said to himself; "I will give him the soft cakes and eat the hard bread myself." When Paul ate the cakes, he fell down dead. Manuel said, "My poor little donkey is dead!" How does the plot influence characterization in this excerpt?

The characterization in this excerpt lets us know that Manuel was very generous and that his gentleness saved his donkey.

Explanation:

The reason behind this answer is that Manuel is very thankful for his donkey. Valuing what he did for him and being just by giving him the cake instead of the bread. Because he understands that the donkey carried him to that point. Then, he evaluates the effort of both of them and decides that the one that has worked the most deserves to eat the best meal. Then, he eats the bread and his good soul makes justice on her mother's unjust soul.

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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)