Read the following excerpt from "the cask of amontillado" and answer question.

the thousand injuries of fortunato i had borne as i best could, but when he ventured upon insult i vowed revenge. you, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. at length i would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. i must not only punish, but punish with impunity. a wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. it is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

it must be understood that neither by word nor deed had i given fortunato cause to doubt my good will. i continued, as was my in to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.

as a narrator, montresor can best be described as
a. a reliable narrator
b. an omniscient narrator
c. an unreliable narrator
d. he is not the narrator.

The correct answer is C. An unreliable narrator

Explanation:

In literature, an unreliable narrator refers to a type of narrator that cannot be believed or trusted. This usually occurs in first-person narrators as these type of narrators are not objective, but tell the story from their point of view, but also, a narrator lacks credibility when the narrator is insane, too naive or a lier. In the case of the excerpt from "The Cask of Amontillado" the narrator on it which is Montresor can be described as an unreliable narrator, not only because he is telling the story from his point of view (first-person), but because Montresor seems to be lying and to be insane, this can be explained as the narrator is amused and smiling while he thinks in killing Fortunato and besides this, Montresor never explains the real reason why he wants to kill Fortunato except by stating "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could" which implies this narrator might be lying or hiding information and therefore is unreliable.

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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