Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this interview. in "interview with simon ortiz," ortiz argues that, though he may write differently than authors and poets who came before him, he writes "about the same things that robert browning or shelley or shakespeare did." which evidence from the text supports this position? a)"i will try to write everything down. i try to urge myself to sit down and write conversations and dialogues that i have with people. i try to remember what people said. i try to put them in a context later when i’m writing." b) "i was concentrating on the immediate, yet referring to the pueblo revolt of 1680; that struggle then is very similar to our struggle now. it is much more pointed politically because the 1970s and 1980s were very much a time of political struggle." c) "in my next book, a good journey, which was reissued recently, i utilized the oral tradition. my first major books were more in keeping with what i knew from the acoma tradition, living in this experience called america." d)"my point in the book was to indeed have indian people understood as people, like anybody else. we have daily struggles: we argue among ourselves; we get divorced; we need jobs; we try to go to school. we have happy times and sad times."

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

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 novel are you talking about?

choose from these types:

the innocent

the orphan

the hero

the caregiver

the explorer

the rebel