Read the excerpt below from "two kinds" by amy tan and answer the question that follows. three days after watching the ed sullivan show, my mother told me what my schedule would be for piano lessons and piano practice. she had talked to mr. chong, who lived on the first floor of our apartment building. mr. chong was a retired piano teacher and my mother had traded housecleaning services for weekly lessons and a piano for me to practice on every day, two hours a day, from four until six. when my mother told me this, i felt as though i had been sent to hell. i whined and then kicked my foot a little when i couldn't stand it anymore. "why don't you like me the way i am? i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano. and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! " i cried. my mother slapped me. "who ask you to be genius? " she shouted. "only ask you be your best. for you sake. you think i want you be genius? hnnh! what for! who ask you! " "so ungrateful," i heard her mutter in chinese. "if she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be famous now." why does jing-mei refuse to take the piano lessons in the scene above? think about the context of the scene. you may need to review the story and your notes on jing-mei.

Jing-mei believes her mother to be dissatisfied with how she is, and she thinks that the mother wants her to be a child prodigy, or a genius. Earlier in the story, her mother saw a Chinese girl playing piano on TV. Jing-mei thinks that her mother wants her to be as talented as that girl, and she does not believe she is capable of it. However, her mother only wants her to work hard, and to be the best she can be.

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)