At the end of the hotel scene, Nick says something that I have always found so strange. He says " I just remembered that today's my birthday. "I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade." Why would the decade ahead of him be menacing

This question refers to The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7.

Nick suddenly remembering is his thirtieth birthday works as an unexpected warning to himself about the unhappiness that lays behind the world he has involved himself in since he moved to Long Island.

Explanation:

After Gatsby begins an argument with Tom about Daisy, the infidelities and hostilities that have been long building up, finally explode, showing the real unhappiness the group shares. Nick fears that´s all his future holds.  

which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to become confederate citizens.

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)