Synthesize and evaluate your thoughts and response. Researching and preparing for a discussion helps to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of a collaborative discussion. To start forming your response, write down your initial thoughts on your chosen topic. Here are some questions you can consider when formulating your thesis: How did historical events affect American literature? (Sample question: How did the Civil War affect American Literature?) How did the Civil War transform American literature? Does literature affect history? What events were affected by literature? How does history affect current pieces of writing? Or does it only affect literature from the same period? What is your thesis? What statements and evidence will you use to support your thesis?

Explanation:

1.) How did historical events affect American literature?

Historical changes often affect the literature of a place. When a historical event occurs, it is common for writers to discuss it in their own text. This allows us to understand the point of view of those who lived through those experiences.

2.How did the Civil War transform American literature?

The Civil War saved the union and ended slavery. In the end, it appeared to virtually all of the great writers who survived it, and to those who followed them, as a great national tragedy that had ended, like many another great tragedy, with its protagonist reborn—better, deeper, wiser than before.

3.Does literature affect history?

So, literature often influences the view of history we hold in a modern, retrospective light. Furthermore, events in the literary sphere can also influence the way societies in history are viewed. For instance, the majority of publications throughout the ages are sourced from white, European, usually wealthy men.

4.What events were affected by literature?

one event effected by literature was during the 1800’s a book called the jungle was written.

5.How does history affect current pieces of writing? Or does it only affect literature from the same period?

it affects our writing today. as history contains how we even invented the languages. its hard to communicate without a language. there are many languages created way back that are still used in writing today

alone =having no one else present.

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)