Read the following group discussion about heart of darkness by joseph conrad, in which an englishman travels through the african congo. riku: i pretty much agree with frederickson's article. edgar: wait, which part of the article? riku: the part where he says that heart of darkness is an exploration of the savage part of human nature, so it could have taken place anywhere — in a hotel room, a laundromat, whatever. the setting didn't really have to be the african congo. maria: frederickson has always been an apologist for joseph conrad. in every article he's written, he always skirts the fact that heart of darkness is pretty racist in its outlook, so i'm guessing that frederickson is just making it seem like the setting doesn't matter. edgar: so you think the setting does matter? maria: definitely. to conrad, africa is the same thing as savagery. practically a symbol for it. edgar: well, what do other people think? victor: that's what i want to know. i know that chinua achebe wrote an essay that criticizes conrad's point of view, and he's probably not the only one to do so. riku: in that case, i'm going to find an article that agrees with frederickson. why don't you and maria find one that disagrees? victor: well, that's easy. i pick achebe. which student is most clearly evaluating an author's point of view? a. victor b. riku c. maria d. edgar

the answer is Maria she even says that he saw it as racist.

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)

he is. some of his decisions were very irresponsible and did lead to the death of both romeo and juliet, such as him marrying them too quick or him not clarifying romeo's plan with him.

basically he did not think things through well enough or at all.

hope this