Which statement tells a theme of "amigo brothers”? friendship is more important than winning. competition destroys good friendships. true friends do not compete with one another. strong friendships cannot last forever.

"Amigo Brothers by Piri Thomas" is a written which is about two friends who dream to become light-  weight champion of the world in boxing, and they have to compete in order to be the representative in the Golden Gloves Tournament of champion. They faced each other, but at the end of the final round the winner left the ring. For that reason, the suitable option is the first one: "Friendship is more important than winning" since there was a champion though, he decided to go away, and it can be noticed when in the last paragraph says: "No matter what the decision, they knew they would always be champion to each other".

The other options are not coherent with the written. For example, considering the second option, in the written it is not said that competition destroys good friendship, although they complete, they had respect for each other. On the other hand, The third option is not correct since they are friend but they compete to get their dream. And finally, the last option, which is strong frindships cannot last forever. On the contrary, the last part of the written shows that their friendship was strong enough.

The answer is (A) Friendship is more important than winning

Explanation:

The story does say they Amigos brothers leave arm in arm at the end after announcing the winner.

I hope this helped you, and stay safe! :)

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)