Hard times by charles dickens (excerpt) the scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room, and the speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve. the emphasis was by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall… the speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders, —nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was, —all the emphasis. "in this life, we want nothing but facts, sir; nothing but facts! " the speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim. what does the passage imply about children and learning? a. children are usually rowdy so teachers need to be strict disciplinarians. b. children are overly passive in school and therefore do not learn well. c. children who learn facts and conform will likely succeed in life. d. children would be best served if allowed to develop as individuals. i know for sure it's not c

D. Children would be best served if allowed to develop as individuals.

Explanation:

In this excerpt of Hard Times, from the beginning, Dickens builds up himself inside a contemporary discussion on the idea of learning, knowledge and education.

The depiction of the study hall is certainly satire, a study of utilitarianism, and comparable philosophies of insight that recommended the outright dependence upon estimations and facts contrary to emotion, imaginative inspiration and leisure.

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)