Explain this sentence to me: " when the freudian doctrine of complexes and inhibitions came in, younger members of the family, such as violet, given to pastels, christopher, inclining to the stage, and maud dartie, nothing if not daring, would speculate on what had happened to aunt hester before she was as she was", especially this part: "violet, given to pastels, christopher, inclining to the stage". what did author really want to say about violet and christopher? it's from galsworthy's novel "hester’s little tour". this phrase sounds extremely out of place to me. why would he talk about their personal treats in a sentence dedicated to a strangeness of hester? i'm a non-native english speaker, so the more detailed your explanation will be, the better. in advance!

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)

what does the author mean by "many journeys" in this excerpt?

government intervention

multiple truths

individual stories

historical monuments