Sarah looked at her brother again, waiting for some sort of response. Surely, he had not resigned himself to this situation. Surely, he did not intend to sit in their little apartment and wait for the Germans to come and get them. She had arranged for a hiding spot with one of her friends. She would harbor them in the attic of her grandfather’s farmhouse as long as needed. The place was dilapidated but isolated and did not draw many visitors or attention. Sarah knew with all of her heart that going there was a better option for them. Rumors had been circulating for weeks. Jews were not being taken away to work. The long trains pulling out of the stations were going to Polish death camps. Whoever got into the cattle cars was never coming back. "Alright,” he whispered. His voice was small but resolute. "We will leave on Sunday morning. We will take the train to Emmen and then walk the rest of the way. If anyone stops us, we can make believe that we are out for a weekend retreat in the countryside.”

Based on this excerpt, what complete viewpoint could a prepared speaker share in a discussion?

I was really convinced that Sarah and her brother were not going to make it to the farmhouse.
I think the atrocities of the Holocaust need to be remembered by all future generations so they will not be repeated.
Sarah and her brother are two German Jews who are currently living in a small apartment in Amsterdam.
Sarah’s determination to hide with her brother rather than wait for the Germans is admirable.

The complete viewpoint that a prepared speaker can share in a discussion is; Sarah’s determination to hide with her brother rather than wait for the Germans is admirable.

In this excerpt from the text, we see that Sarah was convinced that it would be better for her and her brother to hide in the attic house at her friend's backyard.

Even though her brother had some reservations about the plan, she was insistent and succeeded in convincing him.

So, this is a notable point that can be derived from the text. A prepared speaker can also share this main point.

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The viewpoint gathered from the passage is:

Sarah’s determination to hide with her brother rather than wait for the Germans is admirable.

Explanation:

Sarah begins the passage by wondering if the brother is going to sit there and let the Germans take him away and then says that surely she would not let that happen.

This is the line that sets up the passage for what is to be narrated for the whole passage which is her plans and her determination to save her brother from sure death in the German death camps.

It is her foresight that has allowed her to understand what is going to happen and she willingly takes steps to avoid it.

the mending wall was written by robert frost

"character is what you are in the dark." dwight lyman moody, in this very witty quotation of his, states we act and think differently when we are "in the dark", that is, when the spotlight is not on us and everyone can see us and consequently judge us. when reading, we tend to be sympathetic to some characters and their dilemmas. by being so, we are saying to ourselves that we agree with those characters' acts and choices, even if they are morally questionable if we have common sense in mind. dwight lyman moody's quotation applies very well to "crime and punishment", by   19th century russian writer fiodor dostoyevsky. raskolnikov, the main character, a former law student who spends his days reflecting upon life and its misery, draws a fatal conclusion: mankind is divided in two main categories: ordinary and extraordinary people. the first are the ones who lead a run-of-the-mill existence and are full of imperfections; the latter are the ones who are spiritually superior, the ones who always know better, and have the right to judge the ordinary ones, as well as eliminate them if for common good. raskolnikov considers himself as belonging to the extraordinary category and decides to kill an old lady who is a money lender and in whose house he rents a small room. raskolnikov compares himself to napoleon, who had the undeniable right to execute tons of people during the war in order to save his nation. of course what the main character decides to do is a horrendous crime, but as readers we feel it is the right thing for him to do, since the victim is a mean old woman who only thinks about money and keeps humiliating her younger sister. what one experiences is a mixture of sympathy and empathy for the character, even though he decides to commit homicide, which is not at all accepted or tolerated by civilized citizens. however, since readers are "in the dark", they allow themselves to feel in ways they would probably never dare to confess to anyone, no matter how nasty or vicious a character can be. after all, they are just reading and doing no harm. in other words, readers are in the dark and can be who they are without being judged.