Read the excerpt from billy collins’s “man listening to disc.” and if any of you are curious about where this aggregation, this whole battery-powered crew, is headed, let us just say that the real center of the universe, the only true point of view, is full of the hope that he, the hub of the cosmos with his hair blown sideways, will eventually make it all the way downtown. what message does collins convey in this excerpt? a.) working downtown can be challenging. b.) music is a positive distraction to the routine of daily life. c.) curious people believe the world revolves around music. d.) high volume is much better than low volume.

B.) music is a positive distraction to the routine of daily life.

Explanation:

In this excerpt Billy Collins speaks abot the magic that comes with playing music, the whole group of people that are trying to do so, are traveling through space and time, to a place where they are enjoying a relaxed time away from the daily routine problems and issues. Music can do that for people, and Man listening to disc is the example of that, all you need is listen to some music to relax and have a good time.

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)