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Why is robert louis stevenson a heretic?

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a. A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science. b. Adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion. (source)

I am proud to be a heretic since 1965, when I first argued that an explanation in the class science book was bogus. (I was right.) Since then I have often found myself arguing a third point of view in arguments that seemed to have two sides. I am not always right but I always increase the likelihood that *somebody* is right.

Henry Jekyll was not exactly a heretic. It was not so much his views that were radical but his behavior. Instead of having a coherent philosophy of his own (as I recall the story) he was self-centered to the extent of wishing ill on anybody who was not pandering to him.

Robert Louis Stevenson was very much the opposite of Henry Jekyll. There is a strong sense of morality infusing his stories. In Treasure Island he pits the innocent young Jim Hawkins against a series of increasingly vile characters, from the rough-hewn Billy Bones through the smooth but ruthless Long John Silver. In The Sire De Malétroits Door the hapless swain refuses to marry Blanche, at peril of his life, until he is certain it is what Blanche wants. I would call Stevenson a moralist rather than a heretic.Source(s):Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

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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)

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a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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