George came back in … [and] paused while a handicap signal shook him up. and then he sat down again. “you been crying? ” he said to hazel. “yup,” she said. “what about? ” he said. “i forget,” she said. “something real sad on television.” “what was it? ” he said. “it’s all kind of mixed up in my mind,” said hazel. “forget sad things,” said george. “i always do,” said hazel. -what ironic contrast does vonnegut include in this scene? a. george tells his wife to forget sad things, but readers would expect george and hazel to want to remember their son. b. george is smarter than hazel, but neither of them can remember what they just watched on television. c. readers would expect a sad ending to the story, but instead it ends on a positive note. d. hazel says that everything is “mixed up in her mind,” but the reader knows that she is actually much smarter than she thinks.

A. George tells his wife to forget sad things, but readers would expect George and Hazel to want to remember their son.

Explanation: An irony is a group of events or situations that are deliberately contrary to what we expect, in this example, the fact that George told his wife to forget sad things ( and also that she says that she always do) is an irony, because is the contrary behavior that the reader expects (we expect that they don't want to forget their son, even if his memory makes them sad).

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)