(^^)hey, meaning of frivolous rebukes?

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This expression ‘Frivolous Rebuke’ in the chapter, The Portrait of Lady means the grandmother would scold the sparrows lovingly when they sat on her shoulders or at times head.

After the grandmother moved to the city, life became a bit lonely for her.  The author became busy in his education. She would spend maximum of her time at the spinning-wheel. The happiest half hour day for her used to be in the afternoon when fed the sparrows

She sat in the verandah to feed the sparrows. She broke the bread into little bits, and threw them to the birds. Hundreds of sparrows collected round her chirping incessantly

. A few of the birds sat on her legs, others on her shoulders.   Thank you Best wishes            

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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)

what did the protagonist say?