Explain what theme is developed by george’s attitude towards america and how that development unfolds.

George is an intelligent and innovative young man who happens to be the slave of a cruel, petty one – Mr. Harris. George is talented and inventive. When he’s sent to work in a bagging factory, he invents a labor saving machine for cleaning hemp, which revolutionizes the way the factory works. Unfortunately, his "master" is jealous of George’s abilities and uses George’s intelligence as an excuse to punish and humiliate him. George functions in the novel as an example of a creative young man who would make a great citizen in a democratic society but who is kept down by the institution of slavery. His bitterness and anger about his situation, and his difficulty accepting Christianity, make him another important foil to Uncle Tom. For modern readers, George’s active rebellion is easier to understand than Tom’s more passive faith. The theme that id developed through George's attitude towards America is the questioning of slavery.

The theme developed is the lack of opportunity for slaves to develop their talents. This theme is developed through the punishment of George, for having an innovative idea.

Explanation:

George is a slave. However, his condition as a slave does not allow him to develop his talents and knowledge, being constantly humiliated and violated by his "owner" who, in addition to not accepting George's intelligence, causes extremely aggressive and unjust punishments.

George has a great talent for engineering, creating pieces that reduce and improve some activities that are difficult to do. With that, the text deals with the theme of how slavery prevented us from having brilliant people working for the good of society. This is because many slaves had admirable skills in different branches, but never had the opportunity to develop their extraordinary gifts and abilities.

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)