What is the major irony in the poem “ballad of birmingham” by dudley randall?

the mother is afraid her daughter will get hurt marching in a protest, but her daughter gets hurt going to church instead.
the mother realizes that going to church may be as dangerous as going to a protest, so she doesn’t let her daughter leave.
the mother is upset that her daughter deliberately defies her wishes to participate in the freedom march.
the daughter could have missed church because the alarm clock wasn’t working that morning.

The answer is A

The mother is afraid her daughter will get hurt marching in a protest, but her daughter gets hurt going to church instead.

A). The mother is afraid her daughter will get hurt marching in a protest, but her daughter gets hurt going to church instead.

Explanation:

As per the question, the significant irony in the poem "Ballad of Birmingham" by the poet Dudley Randall is that the mother is not willing to let her daughter go out as she has a constant fear in her mind that she may get injured in the protest but her daughter got hurt in the church which she(her mother) assumed to be a calm and tranquil place.

The poet employs situational irony which implies an incongruity between the supposition and materiality(reality). Through this irony, the poet highlights the blast on Street Baptist Church during the Civil Rights Movement. The poet brings forth the surface reality that even the shielded places like church(supposition) turned out to be hazardous(reality). Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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)