Read the excerpt below from the short story "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan and answer the question that follows. My mother placed my first trophy next to a new plastic chess set that the neighborhood Tao society had given to me. As she wiped each piece with a soft cloth, she said, "Next time win more, lose less." "Ma, it's not how many pieces you lose," I said. "Sometimes you need to lose pieces to get ahead." "Better to lose less, see if you really need." At the next tournament, I won again, but it was my mother who wore the triumphant grin. "Lost eight piece this time. Last time was eleven. What I tell you? Better off lose less!" I was annoyed, but I couldn't say anything. Describe the primary and secondary conflicts in the excerpt. Then, analyze what motivates each character to act the way they do in the excerpt.

Primary Conflict- Man against man. This translates to Waverly against her Mother. This happens when they argue about the best way to win. Pride motivates her mother's actions.

Secondary Conflict- Man against himself- This translates to Waverly against herself. It happens when she feels annoyed, an internal emotion, or conflict. Waverly is motivated by modesty. This makes her feel embarrassed and annoyed at her mother's behavior.

Explanation:

In the book "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan, we learn of a Chinese family who are resident in the United States. Lindo is the mother of Waverly and she has a controlling attitude which makes her dictate to her daughter how best to win the Chess games. All her daughter's explanation to her of what it takes to win fell on deaf ears because of her prideful and controlling nature.

Waverly on the other hand feels sad and annoyed after she won and her mother came to assert to her the rightfulness of her earlier opinion. Her mother seems to take the glory for her win which can be seen from her triumphant grin.

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)