read the closing sentences from “my brother paul”: peace, peace.  so shall it soon be with all of us.  it was a dream.  it is.  i am.  you are.  and shall we grieve over or hark back to dreams? based on the story, what do you think dreiser is saying in these final sentences?

Johnson’s use of the words stony, bitter, rod, and died create a negative picture of the times:

Stony the road we trod,

Bitter the chastening rod,

Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;

The poet uses words associated with harshness and punishment to describe the difficulties faced along the way.

Johnson’s language changes when he talks about the dreams of the younger generation:

Out from the gloomy past,

Till now we stand at last

Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

The poet uses light and uplifting imagery to highlight the progress and dreams of African Americans, comparing liberty to a harmonious song.

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)

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