How do the words "if only, if only" parallel Stanley's predicament? They parallel the fact that Stanley can go home only after he has completed his time at the camp. They parallel Stanley's homesickness and longing to be with his parents. They parallel how lonely Stanley feels most of the time at school and at the camp. They parallel Stanley's wish that things had turned out differently for him.

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Sarah changed the words of the pig lullaby so that they rhymed, and every night she sang it to little Stanley.

“If only, if only,” the woodpecker sighs,

“The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies.”

While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,

Crying to the moo–oo–oon,

“if only, if only.”

How do the words “if only, if only” parallel Stanley’s predicament?

They parallel the fact that Stanley can go home only after he has completed his time at the camp. They parallel Stanley’s homesickness and longing to be with his parents. They parallel how lonely Stanley feels most of the time at school and at the camp. They parallel Stanley’s wish that things had turned out differently for him.

They parallel Stanley’s wish that things had turned out differently for him.

Explanation:

This question is about "Holes" written by Louis Sachar.

In this story we are introduced to Stanley a boy who was cursed by his grandfather due to several disastrous circumstances in his life ended up in a concentration camp where he suffered many abuses and lived a degrading life.

Stanley often finds himself wondering what he would be like now if everything that happened in his life had happened differently. It is as if he thinks "if only I could have lived differently" and that is the parallel between Sarah's song and Stanley's situation.

he chooses to climb mount everest and decided not to any more due to the 1,000s of people making a line on the mountion

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)