The Speaking Crab by Cecil Henry Bompas (adapted excerpt)
At this sound the farmer was very frightened, and puzzled also; for he thought, "If this were a human being crying, everyone in the
neighborhood would have heard and woke up, but it seems that I alone am able to hear the sound; who can it be who is talking about my
servants?" So, he went back to bed and told no one. The next morning when the laborer looked for his yoke ropes, he missed one; and then he
remembered that he had used it to tie up the crab; so, he went to the place and found his rope. When his master brought them their breakfast
that day and they had finished eating, the laborer began to tell how he had lost one of the yoke ropes and had found it again: and how he had
used it for tying up the crab which he had found. The master asked whether the crab was alive or dead; and the laborer said that it was dead.
Then the master said "My man you have done a very foolish thing why did you tie it up alive? Last night!
I could not sleep for its crying. Why did
you imprison the innocent creature?" "And he told them the song it had sung and forbade
them ever to cause such pain to living creatures. He
said "Decide its fate outright or you will bring disgrace me; when I heard the lament, I thought it was a man, but now I learn from you that it
was a crab. I forbid you ever to do the like again." And at the time of the Sohral festival the farmer called together all his household and sang
them the song and explained its meaning to them, and the men who heard it remember it to this day.

When his master brought them their breakfast that day and they had finished eating, the laborer began to tell how he had lost one of the yoke ropes and had found it again

Explanation:

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself.

hope this answer you! have a great day.

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)