Read the excerpt from "harrison bergeron." scrap metal was hung all over him. ordinarily, there was a certain symmetry, a military neatness to the handicaps issued to strong people, but harrison looked like a walking junkyard. in the race of life, harrison carried three hundred pounds. and to offset his good looks, the h-g men required that he wear at all times a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his even white teeth with black caps at snaggle-tooth random. how does harrison bergeron’s physical description to create satire? a. the contrast of military neatness with harrison’s appearance highlights the importance of sameness. b. the absurdity of harrison’s exaggerated handicaps ridicules society’s obsession with equality. c. the humorous description of harrison’s appearance suggests that good looks are unimportant. d. the numerous handicaps issued to harrison criticize society’s obsession with superficial appearances.

correct answer is B. The absurdity of Harrison’s exaggerated handicaps ridicules society’s obsession with equality.

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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)