having about thirty animals to care for in a day was overwhelming, but ashley couldn't imagine doing anything else. if something is overwhelming it is?

If something is overwhelming, it is very intense and hard to deal with.

Explanation:

The adjective overwhelming can be used in different contexts. For example, it can be used to describe something that is difficult to fight against (e.g. an overwhelming urge to do something) or something very great or large (e.g. an overwhelming majority). Here, it is used to describe a difficult situation. Ashley has to take care of about thirty animals in a single day, which is a very difficult (i.e. overwhelming) task.

This is why we can say that, if something is overwhelming, it is very intense and hard to deal with,

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)