What is the theme of "The Show Must Go On"? How do specific details shape the theme and affect Tessa's attitude as the story progresses? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be at least three complete paragraphs.

The theme of "The Show Must Go On" is that we must take advantage of the opportunities that life presents us, even if they seem bad and contrary to our desires. We can see this theme throughout the story of Tessa, who often felt discouraged by the failure to carry out her plans, but as time went by, she realized that she should treat this as an opportunity to learn and move forward, after all the show must go on, no matter what.

An example of this is when she becomes a working partner with Varick, a boy she believes to be uninteresting and very different from her, Tessa believes that her partnership with Varick will delay her goals and is eager to give up everything, because she sees it as an adversity in her life, but as time goes by she discovers that the partnership with Varick will teach her a lot that will magnify her and help her success.

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)

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)