From the story
The war of the wall
How does the author establish the painter lady as an outsider?

A
The author emphasizes that the painter lady is from out of town and acts differently than people in the community.
B
The author stresses that the painter lady is from out of the country and doesn’t look like the people in town.
C
The author describes the painter lady as trying to connect with the people in the town, but experiencing rejection.
D
The author stresses how much the painter lady dislikes the narrator to show that she is unable to get along with people in town.

A. The author emphasizes that the painter lady is from out of town and acts differently than people in the community

Explanation:

Outsider can be defined as a person who doesn't belong to a certain community, group or profession.

In this story "The War Of The Wall" by Toni Cade Bambara we are introduced to a painter lady who has come from out of town to paint a neighborhood wall. She is faced with hostility from neighborhood children who have deep emotions and menories connecting them ti that wall and don't wanna see a stranger messing with it.

This, from the very beginning of the story establishes lady as an outsider.

Later on, this is emphasized with her rejection of offered food and strict choice of food she orders for dinner (probably due to her religion).

This, together with her being a stranger, labels her as an outsider in children's eyes and is responsible for their rude manners towards her.

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)