By studying the historical context of a story, you can better understand

Explanation:

Studying the historical context of a story, you can better understand the historical time and details which the writer includes in his story. You can better understand some actions of characters, their moves or acts. Knowing the historical context you would know the social, religious, economic, and political conditions. That can be very important for the story if the story reflects this specifics historical time. If a reader can understand historical events, context helps explain the motivation of characters.

There are many examples in which knowledge of historical events can be an advantage. If you know what is Romanticism and that this time was a time of rapid social and political reversal and how technology affects people's lives, you will understand Frankenstein.

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)