Read the excerpt from a rumor of war.

the tedium was occasionally relieved by a large-scale search-and-destroy operation, but the exhilaration of riding the lead helicopter into a landing zone was usually followed by more of the same hot walking, with the mud sucking at our boots and the sun thudding against our helmets while an invisible enemy shot at us from distant tree lines.

the paradox in the excerpt illustrates

a. the idea that danger could alleviate the monotony of war.

b. walking was often necessary after flying. the soldiers could not see their enemies.

c. the heat was more difficult to overcome than the enemy.

The paradox in the excerpt illustrates the idea that danger could alleviate the monotony of war because calmness and ease make your life a way pathetic. If we know something bad is going to happen then we become ready to face the situation whatever it is . If there is danger then soldiers are ready for war and neither do they relax.Thus, in this way danger alleviated the monotony of war.

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)

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