In this unit, you examined complex characters from such stories as "A Retrieved Reformation" and "The Open Window." These characters can help drive the story's plot. Think of one of your favorite characters from a story that you have read. Why is this character one of your favorites? Does the character change in the story? If so, what changes does the character undergo in the story? What qualities of the character would you like to have in your own life? Why?

My favorite character is Orlando, the main character in the book "Orlando" written by Vírginia Wolf.

This is my favorite character because he is a complex and philosophical character, but with a certain humor that does not make him boring. In addition, this character approaches concepts that I identify with a lot and defends arguments that are very important for society, in addition to being a very current character.

Orlando has a drastic change in history. Firstly, he has a gender change since, for mysterious reasons, he wakes up in one day and realizes that he has become a woman. This change is not only physical, since through this, Orlando ends up changing many opinions that he had about society and about the position that men and women assume in society.

Orlando is extremely intelligent, canny, poetic and changeable. These are qualities that I cherish and that I try to cultivate in my own personality.

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)