Why does Paul instruct the refugees to tell the people they are calling that “if they let go of that hand...you will die” (paragraph 91, Hotel Rwanda)? Question 1 options:

A)

He believes that those outside the country must be shocked into feeling compelled to rescue them.

B)

He is attempting to get the Hutu soldiers to feel sorry for the people who are trapped inside the hotel.

C)

He is seeing if the people with influential friends in other countries can get those people to send money to the guests.

D)

He wants the refugees to prolong the phone calls for as long as they can.

A.

Explanation:

"Hotel Rwanda" is a movie based on the true events of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, when Paul Ruesabagina and his family manged to save the lives of Tutsi.

When Paul instructed the refugees to call the influential people they know in abroad, he said them to call them and let them know that they are holding onto them to save their lives. He instructed his refugees to can these people and shame them into sending them help. He guided them that when they would say 'good byes' to those influential people, say like as if they are reaching out their hands through the phone and asking for the help. He instructed them to let them know that their lives are in their hands when he stated 'if they let go of that hand'.

The purpose of this speech was to let the people outside the country in shock about the happenings of genocide in Rwanda and to compel them to rescue them.

Thus the correct answer is option A.

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)