What kind of inspiration bursts upon Tom Sawyer as he returns his “straitened means” to his pocket at the beginning of the excerpt? Refer to evidence in the text to explain your answer.

A magnificent and great inspiration came after he returned his "straitened means" to his pocket. An inspiration to get others to do the work for him while paying Tom for the pleasure of painting the fence.

Explanation:

As Tom was looking at his belongings and put them away he had an inspiration to get the work done but not by himself. He went to whitewash the fence for his aunt and did this as though he was painting a masterpiece as an famous artist would paint.

When the boys started coming up to Tom to make fun of him and tease him for working, Tom explained it wasn't work and he was enjoying whitewashing the fence and acted like he didn't need help. The other boys all ended up whitewashing the fence and paying Tom for the pleasure of doing it.

Tom ended up with a whole apple, a dead rat, a kite, and other things that only boys would love.

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)