Read the short speech. turn off your television, and talk to your family. you will be surprised at how much your siblings have to say. turn off your television, and step outside. you will be surprised at how the cool air will refresh you. turn off your television, and connect with the world around you. your efforts will be rewarded. the author repeats the phrase "turn off your television” to offer criticism of the audience. share memories with the audience. inspire the audience to take action. give hope to the audience.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.