Select the correct text in the passage. which line in the excerpt from eugene o'neill's beyond the horizon reflects the idea of pursuing one's dreams? robert: you'll have to, to understand. well, in those days, when ma was fixing meals, she used to get me out of the way by pushing my chair to the west window and telling me to look out and be quiet. that wasn't hard. i guess i was always quiet. ruth: (compassionately) yes, you always were—and you suffering so much, too! robert: (musingly) so i used to stare out over the fields to the hills, out there—(he points to the horizon) and somehow after a time i’d forget any pain i was in, and start dreaming. i knew the sea was over beyond those hills,—the folks had told me—and i used to wonder what the sea was like, and try to form a picture of it in my mind. (with a smile) there was all the mystery in the world to me then about that—far-off sea—and there still is! it called to me then just as it does now. (after a slight pause) and other times my eyes would follow this road, winding off into the distance, toward the hills, as if it, too, was searching for the sea. and i’d promise myself that when i grew up and was strong, i’d follow that road, and it and i would find the sea together. (with a smile) you see, my making this trip is only keeping that promise of long ago.

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Select the correct text in the passage.

Which line in the excerpt from Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon reflects the idea of pursuing one's dreams?

A) ROBERT: You'll have to, to understand. Well, in those days, when Ma was fixing meals, she used to get me out of the way by pushing my chair to the west window and telling me to look out and be quiet. That wasn't hard. I guess I was always quiet. RUTH: (compassionately) Yes, you always were—and you suffering so much, too!

B) ROBERT: (musingly) So I used to stare out over the fields to the hills, out there—(He points to the horizon) and somehow after a time I’d forget any pain I was in, and start dreaming. I knew the sea was over beyond those hills,—the folks had told me—and I used to wonder what the sea was like, and try to form a picture of it in my mind.

C) (With a smile) There was all the mystery in the world to me then about that—far-off sea—and there still is! It called to me then just as it does now. (After a slight pause) And other times my eyes would follow this road, winding off into the distance, toward the hills, as if it, too, was searching for the sea.

D) And I’d promise myself that when I grew up and was strong, I’d follow that road, and it and I would find the sea together. (With a smile) You see, my making this trip is only keeping that promise of long ago.

D) And I’d promise myself that when I grew up and was strong, I’d follow that road, and it and I would find the sea together. (With a smile) You see, my making this trip is only keeping that promise of long ago.

Explanation:

O'Neill describes what his dream was as a young boy: to be able to reach the sea because even if it wasn't far away, it was out of his reach. He even made a promise to himself that he would grow up to find his way to the sea. When he recounts his present trip as the way he found to honor that promise, it is an example of the importance of pursuing one's dreams.

what passage is used?

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)