Need help ASAP please and thank you!! 2. Which of these statements BEST describe the theme of the story?
O Kindness to neighbors makes one happy.
O Baking is a good way to pass the time.
O Younger children occasionally have good ideas.
O Assumptions about others sometimes needs to be changed.

what is the story?

It is usually stated in overt terms and often changes throughout the poem. The correct answer should be "It is not always stated overtly and is understood only by reading the whole poem". This is correct because the theme usually does not change itself, but there can be multiple themes analyzed.

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)