Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. I wanted to know more about the beguiling Nina, and my cousin had plenty of stories to share. He told me that her grandfather was a Russian serf—a farmer who could be bought and sold by the noble who owned his land. Family legend has it that this serf, a remarkable and intelligent man, helped to change the course of the history of sugar. In the early 1800s, the British controlled most of the sugar plantations of the Caribbean and the sea routes to Europe. As a result, their rivals were desperate to find a new way to create sugar. They turned to beets. What is the purpose of this passage?

B) It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

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B.) It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.

Explanation:

The book "Sugar Changed The World" by the couple Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos traces the history of sugar came to be one of the most important staple for everyone around the world. They gave a detailed history of how this sweet substance came to be a part of households around the world.

In the given excerpt from the text, the writers provide the history of how a family from Russia came to be a part of the sugar business. The speaker narrates how "a Russian serf helped to change the course of the history of sugar", leading to the desperate attempts "to find a new way to create sugar". Thus, this passage provides a background on how the Russian serf and his family began to get involved into the sugar business.

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)