Compare and Contrast WritingExtended Response The authors’ of both texts, S. E. Hinton and Isis Sapp-Grant, focus on the impact of people we choose to have as friends. Compare and contrast the positive and negative influences of gang life on the characters of each text.
Be sure to include an introductory paragraph that introduces the topic and defines the term “gang.”
Analyze explicit ideas and information from the text and explain your claim with reasons and evidence.
A body including at least FOUR pieces of textual evidence and make inferences to support your analysis.
Include a thought-provoking conclusion that reinforces your ideas.

Gang Girl by Isis Sapp-Grant 790LThe Outsiders by S. E. Hinton 750L

OUTLINE:
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Explain the topic. Write your definition of what a gang is and your claim (how there can be negative and positive aspects of being in a gang)

Body Paragraph 1:
Text evidence from "Gang Girl"
1 Positive aspect
1 negative aspect
* Be sure to be specific in EXPLAINING HOW these examples can be a positive/negative

Body Paragraph 2:
Text evidence from "The Outsiders"
1 Positive aspect
1 negative aspect
* Be sure to be specific in EXPLAINING HOW these examples can be a positive/negative

Conclusion:
Conclude and wrap up your claim with insight

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)

i feel like it is actually b.