Read this excerpt from extremely loud and incredibly close. the average person falls asleep in seven minutes, but i couldn’t sleep, not after hours, and it made my boots lighter to be around his things, and to touch stuff that he had touched, and to make the hangers hang a little straighter, even though i knew it didn’t matter. how does the narration affect oskar’s credibility in this excerpt?

how does the narration affect oskar’s credibility in this excerpt?
a. his insomnia renders him sleep deprived and confused.
b. his efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.
c. his obsessive straightening makes him seem unstable.
d. his hopeless resignation makes him seem desperate.

B. His efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.

Explanation:

The narration affects Oskar’s credibility in this excerpt because his efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.

Explanation:

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a story about how to cope with a loss and it is narrated from the point of view of Oskar, a little kid who is coping with the tragic loss of his father. Since it is narrated in a first-person perspective it makes the character very fragile and open to the reader, we can see in this excerpt how he tries to overcome the pain.

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)

i think one answer could be this poet uses no rhyme.