Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. it is unbelievable how fast people adapt. it hurts to admit it, but within hours of first breathing the cattle car’s nauseating air, we began to feel at home. ‘home’ was the edge of the wooden plank i sat on as i dreamed of the jewish exiles of antiquity and the middle ages. more curious than afraid, i thought of myself as their brother. mixed into my sadness there was undeniable excitement, for we were living a historic event, a historic adventure. which best describes the author at this point in his life? a. he comprehends the situation but is trying to remain optimistic. b. he reveals the torment he feels while riding the train to the unknown. c. he is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening. d. he is troubled by how quickly the others have accepted the current condition.

The option that best describes the author at this point in his life is:

c. He is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening.

Explanation:

Wiesel was only 15 years old when he and his family were taken during the Holocaust. In this particular excerpt of "All Rivers Run to the Sea", he recounts how naive he was back then, to the point of feeling "undeniable excitement". He sees the situation through the eyes of innocence, understanding only that they are living a historical moment. However, the fact the he is excited about what is to come shows he is still incapable of comprehending how cruel their situation truly is. Unlike others, he could not predict the horrors about to take place. He was "more curious than afraid".

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)