Ich bin ein berliner by president john f. kennedy june 26, 1963 after world war ii, germany and its capital city, berlin, were divided between the communist east and the democratic west. in the early 1960s, tensions were high between the two world powers, the united states and the soviet union, as each country sought to preserve and expand its dominance. the soviet union's leader, nikita khrushchev, vowed to restrict access to west berlin and, in response, u. s. president john f. kennedy warned that any attack on west berlin would be considered an attack on the united states. fearing the worst, thousands of east germans crossed over to west berlin seeking freedom. the soviets chose not to try to take over west berlin, but instead constructed a wall made of concrete and barbed wire to physically, politically, and ideologically separate west berlin from east berlin. q: how does kennedy's introduction in paragraph 1 foreshadow the central idea of his speech a. it mentions the fighting spirit of berlin and stresses democracy and freedom. b. it hints at the contrast between democracy and communism. c. it lists three people who have been important in german-american relations. d. it reminds the audience that kennedy plans to evaluate their position on communism.

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)

in general, fiction refers to plot, settings, and characters created from the imagination, while nonfiction refers to factual stories focused on actual events and people. however, the difference between these two genres is sometimes blurred, as the two often intersect.

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