“what the pledge of allegiance means to me”
ever since i was little, i said the pledge of allegiance every day in school. these words can have different meanings to anybody you ask, but the words in every line have a certain meaning to me.
“i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america” to me means the unchanging love and loyalty to my country and that we are 50 individual states united as one. it is a symbol of freedom and hope to anybody who lives in this country. to some people, our flag may just be a colorful piece of cloth but it’s more than that.
“and to the republic for which it stands,” means the people of the united states have established laws which allow the men and women to live free.
“one nation under god, indivisible” is a very powerful line in itself. we’re a nation that cannot be divided, that is blessed by god. it gives people the right to practice their own religion and worship god freely.
“with liberty and justice for all.” liberty means freedom! nobody is above the law and we all have to follow the same laws. “for all” means that no person is better than another. every person, whether you are male or female, young or old, rich or poor, black or white is equal.
those 31 words can mean something very powerful when you put them together. i am proud to say them every morning and will never be embarrassed to be an american.
is this a good essay? any mistakes..

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)

answer: buck is a dog living a charmed life on the estate of judge miller, during the time of the klondike gold rush in 1897. he is the king of all the animals on the estate and as such enjoys special privileges, such as the run of the estate and the admirable position of being the judge's favorite dog.

this all ends the day he accompanies manuel on a walk through the orchard to a flag station, where manuel sells him to a stranger. manuel sells buck, because he has gambling debts he needs to pay and a family to support.

this one act changes buck's life irrevocably. it is the catalyst for the rest of the story about buck and his transformation from domestic pet to wild animal.

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