Read the excerpt from seedfolks. "what are they? " she asked. "some kind of beans." i grew up on a little farm in kentucky. "but she planted 'em way too early. she's lucky those seeds even came up." "but they did," said ana. "and it's up to us to save them." it was a weekend in may and hot. you'd have thought that those beans were hers. they needed water, especially in that heat. she said the girl hadn't come in four days -- sick, probably, or gone out of town. ana had twisted her ankle and couldn't manage the stairs. she pointed to a pitcher. "fill that up and soak them good. quick now." school janitors take too much bossing all week to listen to an extra on weekends. i stared at her one long moment, then took my time about filling the pitcher. what tells readers the narrators perspective on saving the bean plants? a.)ana's words b.)ana's thoughts c.)the narrator's words d.)the narrator's thoughts

D) the narrator's thoughts.

Explanation:

In this passage, the narrator is not very vocal when it comes to what he actually believes about the beans. He accepts that Ana wants to take care of the beans. However, by looking at what he thinks, we can tell that the narrator actually believes this to be a pointless mission. Moreover, based on the thoughts that the narrator has, we can also tell that he does not like the tone that Ana employs.

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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)