.The theme of the mysterious stranger is common in literature. In the traditional form of this theme, a mysterious stranger appears in the life of an individual or community. Often, in a series of dramatic events, the stranger makes a sacrifice through which the life of an individual or community is improved. Choose one of the stories in the unit that features a stranger. Explain how the story fits, or deviates from, the theme of the mysterious stranger.

Answer and Explanation:

As you did not inform what the stories were presented in the unit, I used the story "The mysterious stranger" by Mark Twain to answer the question.

"The mysterious stranger" by Mark Twain is a great example of how this theme presents itself in literature, since this story is based entirely on the arrival of a strange and mysterious young man in the city, who claims to be an angel and nephew of Satan. The young man begins to carry out a series of surprising actions, causes fulminating deaths, teleports, visions, time passages, among other things, completely changing the lives of the protagonists and the city as a whole.

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)