Read the excerpt from "daughter of invention". but laura had gotten used to the life here. she did not want to go back to the old country where, de la torre or not, she was only a wife and a mother (and a failed one at that, since she had never provided the required son). better an independent nobody than a high-class houseslave. she did not come straight out and disagree with her husband's plans. instead, she fussed with him about reading the papers in bed, soiling their sheets with those poorly printed, foreign tabloids. "the times is not that bad! " she'd claim if her husband tried to humor her by saying they shared the same dirty habit. how do laura’s interactions with her husband reveal the conflict she experiences?
a. she becomes an independent nobody and decides to reject her role as a high-class housewife and mother.
b. she reads the newspapers with her husband to keep up on
c. dominican politics and plans a return to their homeland. instead of getting used to her new life in america, she secretly hopes that her husband will return the family to the dominican republic.
d. instead of openly disagreeing with her husband’s desire to return to the dominican republic, she criticizes the foreign papers he reads.

The answer is D: Instead of openly disagreeing with her husband’s desire to return to the Dominican Republic, she criticizes the foreign papers he reads.

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)

they fear for their lives