The woman on the far side of the desk looks at the floor, her head full of ireland and the potatoes that blackened and curled and rotted away. we grew only sadness there she wants to say. but this she whispers instead: "i have come to work as a chambermaid and the important person stamps her papers without hearing the rest. "to scrub floors and wash linens until my hands are red and raw, and i have polished happiness for my child so she can become a teacher with hands the color of cream. which excerpt from the poem best supports the overall theme? and the important person stamps her papers without hearing the rest. and the potatoes that blackened and curled and rotted away. so she can become a teacher / with hands the color of cream. the woman on the far side of the desk looks at the floor

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)