When reading "nameless, tennessee", we know that we are looking for a central idea and not a theme because question 4 options: its a short story. its a non-fiction text. there are only a few characters. all of these.

The short story "Nameless , Tennessee", written by William Least Heat- Moon has a central idea and not a theme, because of all of the options:

it is a short story

it is a non-fiction text

there are only a few characters.

The story is written because of the unusual name of the place. The writer went there to talk to the residents about how they feel about the unusual name of their town. The author wanted us readers to know that there is more to a story than meets the eye. And the inhabitants gave their point of view of naming the place.

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)

the answer should be:

the intervention of the supernatural gives gilgamesh hope that he will defeat humbaba.