Describe how Lakshmi feels about her mother. Use a quote and explain.

For Lakshmi her mother was her inspiration. She embraced her sacrifices and hard work which Ama did for her family and house. She saw beauty in it. she remembers how she sell her ear rings which was the only dowry she had for Lakshmi just for food.

For her mother only important thing was to give a better lifestyle, food to her kids which latter become the priority of the Lakshmi as well.

"But my ama, with her crow-black hair braided with bits of red rag and beads, her cinnamon skin, and her ears hung with joyful noise of thinking gold is more lovely to me"

"She is slender back which bears our troubles and our hopes which is beautiful still".

Here, again she showed her love for her and appreciation and inspiration which she had for her mother.

Explanation:

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)

in the story "marionettes inc," in the last line of the story, braling two is referred to by the narrator as the "someone." what does this new identifier imply and how does it add to the drama of the closing scene?