What is the townspeople's first reaction to the appearance of the cylinder from mars in war of the worlds?

They were curious but generally unafraid of the strange thing.

Explanation:

Herbert George Wells wrote the science fictional novel "War of the Worlds" detailing a conflict between humans and the extraterrestrial beings. Wells uses an unidentified narrator and his brother as his protagonists, showing the alien invasion in England.

In "Chapter IV: The Cylinder Opens", the narrator tells how the strange cylinder that houses the Martian aliens began to open. The people who had been engrossed in the strange new thing that had suddenly appeared from the sky were suddenly alarmed with the motion. Some were eager to get away from the scene while most were beginning to flock themselves to see the new scene, everyone wanting to get a glimpse of what is to be revealed. Overall, they were too taken by the strange new thing than feeling any fear of it.

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)