In Countee Cullen's poem, "Incident," why is it that the only thing he can remember about his time in Baltimore is the incident on the train? O A. It's a fond childhood memory
O B. It was a shocking and traumatizing event in his early life.
O C. He's young as he's writing the poem, so it's a recent event.
O D. It was funny to him, and the story stands out as an amusing anecdote..

O B. It was a shocking and traumatizing event in his early life.

Explanation:

Countee Cullen's poem "Incident" is a short poem that reveals the one incident that has a huge impact on the poet's life. The four-line poem of three stanzas is packed with the most serious and derogatory discrimination that affects a whole race of people, the blacks.

In the poem, the speaker revealed how he was called the "n" word on one of his journeys in Baltimore. Though he was just eight years old and was "Heart-filled, head-filled with glee", the one comment by the Baltimorean kid who was "no whit bigger" than the poet left him with the "incident". This is a memory that will remain in his life forever. It was shocking and even traumatizing for the child in him to even comprehend what was happening.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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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)