Ea called on marduk, a great warrior god, saying that if marduk should be victorious, he would be the lord of all the gods. a great battle ensued, with gods raging against each other. marduk reached tiamat, the embodiment of chaos, and smashed her head with his great club. he sliced her in half, making the north wind bear her pieces away. from each half of her ribs he created the vault of the heavens and the earth. her weeping eyes became sacred rivers, and tiamat was no more.
what is the purpose of this passage from the myth?
a. to explain how the first humans came to exist on earth
b. to explain how the heavens, earth, and rivers were created
c. to explain how humans should act toward one another

The purpose of this passage from the myth is b.to explain how the heavens, earth, and rivers were created

Explanation:

The story of Marduk and Tiamat is part of Mesopotamian ancient mythology. It is said in the story that Tiamat was one of the first entities, it was commonly represented as a woman and created chaos and destruction, after a while a hero called Marduk merged among the humans and fought for his people, after defeating Tiamat and becoming the King of Gods he created Babylon  and everything in there.

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)