In the background notes, we read that the author does not believe in symbols. What do you think the tuna means to him?

If this question is about “Ode to Large Tuna in the Market” we can see that for the author, tuna means the finitude of life. This is because the driver is amazed at how tuna was once a strong and vigorous fish, which overcame the adversities of the sea fudge and was full of life, but was surprised by the finitude of life and the feeling that everything comes to end.

With this, the author shows how the struggles and all the vigor we have in life are insignificant, since our life will end anyway.

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)

edmund spenser and john bunyan also influenced hawthorne. : )

i hope this you with your work : )