From "john f. kennedy's inaugural address, january 20, 1961" read the excerpt. "now the trumpet summons us again . . not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need . . not as a call to battle . . though embattled we are . . but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle . . year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation . . a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny . . poverty . . disease . . and war itself." what argument is the author making in this excerpt? a. since the nation will soon be involved in a war, the military needs as many soldiers as it can get. b. we face disaster unless the american people unite in support of the president's policies. c. americans must come together to solve humanity's most serious problems. d. while we have been attacked, the u. s. will seek a peaceful resolution.

This excerpt represents the answer B. We face disaster unless the American people unite in support of the President's policies.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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