1. Third person limited narration is when the narrator appears to know the thoughts and feelings of only one or two characters in the story and the perspective is limited or incomplete. Other characters in the story are described using pronouns such as "he," "she" and "they." Explain how this type of narration affects the readers’ knowledge of characters and events in the story, "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry. How does this type of narration work to create surprise? Be specific.

This short story has a third person limited narration, which makes the readers don't know what is actually happening because they get to know only a little about the characters and their stories. This type of narration creates a surprise at the end of the story because the readers don't have all the perspectives in the story and they get surprised when they find out that things weren't as they thought they were. They didn't have all the information and perspectives from the characters.

In this short story, we get to know a police man who asks another man why is he standing on the street at night. The man (Bob) explains that he is waiting for a friend (Jimmy Wells) that twenty years ago agreed to meet there on that day. Then, we think that Bob meets up with Jimmy but then we discover that it wasn't him and that Jimmy had left because he was a police man and he found out that Bob was wanted by the Chicago police.

Explanation:

To complete this exercise, you have to read the short story "After Twenty Years" written by O. Henry and then answer the questions. The short story is easy to read and to answer the question correctly it is important to pay attention to how the story is narrated because it is what makes the readers be surprised at the end.

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)