the serenity of their surroundings them to forget the rest of the world.

which theme is reflected in this sentence from the story? a. beautiful things are dangerous and should be avoided. b. you forget whatever is not in front of you. c. truth is rarely as powerful as is illusion. d. absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The answer is  B. You forget whatever is not in front of you.

why? Because The sentence tells you that, for the monks, "the beauty of their surroundings was all they needed to make them forget the world." They forget the world at large because they are so focused on what is directly around them. One way to state this theme would be to say, "you forget whatever is not in front of you."

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)

b) ab

explanation: