Read this excerpt from "Water Never Hurt a Man" by Walter D. Edmonds. "I guess I left it a while back. I guess it was in that kind of scrummage we had. I guess it needs a heavier whip anyhow. I guess a man couldn't spare the time going back for it." "Sure," said George. He reached down and took it from its peg, recoiled it, and tossed it ashore. The boat went ahead, slowly, with a sound of water, and of rain falling, and of wind. Which statement best describes the interaction between the characters in this excerpt?

Hello. You forgot the answer options. The options are:

A. When John talks, George listens. It shows the mutual respect between the two.

B. When John reaches out to George, George ignores him. This shows George’s anger at John.

C. When George turns to John and the boat goes ahead, it shows George submitting to John.

D. When George allows the boat to go ahead, it shows his lack of compassion for John.

A. When John talks, George listens. It shows the mutual respect between the two.

Explanation:

As you can see in the excerpt shown in the question above, George does not interrupt what John is saying, on the contrary, he listens to everything John says and when he responds he agrees with him. With that, we can see that there is a relationship of harmony between these two characters, where one shows a strong respect for the opinion of the other that is always well accepted in a conversation between them. In this case, the phrase that best describes the relationship between the characters is: "When John talks, George listens. It shows the mutual respect between the two. "

a, b, and c are all correct.

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)