What is the effect of the imagery of the beautiful weather?
It signals that while horrors are
occurring in the concentration
camps, the world continues to
function normally.
It foreshadows that the situation is
improving and the concentration
camps will soon be liberated.
It emphasizes that the march to
Buna is a relaxing break from the
horrors of camp life.
It implies that the Nazis are
manipulating the camps so that the
weather is always dreary within their
bounds.

It signals that while horrors are occurring in the concentration camps, the world continues to function normally.

Explanation:

There is an element of irony, or of contrast here, because life in concentration camps was the complete opposite from the beautiful weather. The author took the time to create the contrast to highlight the horrors occurring in the concentration camps.

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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