"Behold the Brooklyn Bridge" uses a limited narrator-a third-person narrator who reveals restricted Information through a single character at the
time. What are the effects of the limited narrator on the story?

The limited narrator in this story is clearly a child with restricted understanding of the significance of the completion of the bridge. The narrator states that “We weren't quite sure what it all meant, except that for now, my sister Rachel and I were putting on our finest dresses and the shoes Mother had polished twice.” This childlike view of the opening of the bridge limits our understanding of the day to what the narrator describes. For example, there may be political or social elements that occurred on this day that the reader cannot see because a child narrator would not understand their impact or even notice that they are present.

Explanation:

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)