Although Jing-mei has the last word in the fight over piano lessons, she is still unhappy. Why is she unhappy? What is her greatest worry? What does this reveal about her character?

Jing-mei asserts her will in the last fight over the piano lessons, which causes her mother to become angry because Suyuan thinks she has only good motivations. The way that Jing-mei "wins" is also bittersweet. She only wins the disagreement by bringing up her mother's lost children, which hurts her mother. This victory is hollow because Jing-mei doesn't get what she really wants: acceptance and love from her mother. That is why, nearly twenty years later, Jing-mei is still not over the piano incident. Her greatest fear is that her mother had given up on her. Although she is glad not to take piano lessons, Jing-mei's anguish is not due to her dislike of the piano. She is upset because she feels like her mom had set her up for failure.

choose from these types:

the innocent

the orphan

the hero

the caregiver

the explorer

the rebel

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)