Based on Steve's actions in the first part of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, readers may have predicted that Steve would continue being the town's leader during the power outage. How should readers revise this prediction after Don asks Steve about his radio? Readers should now predict that Les Goodman will attack Steve. Readers should now predict that Steve is one of the aliens. Readers should now predict that Steve will no longer be in charge. Readers should now predict that Steve will escape to Floral Street.

Readers should revise this prediction after Don asks Steve about his radio in the following manner:

Readers should now predict that Steve will no longer be in charge.

Explanation:

Written by Rod Serling, "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" was an episode of the first season of the famous series "The Twilight Zone".

At this point, neighbors are already starting to suspect one another. They believe someone to be actually an alien after strange things begin to happen in the street. The voice of reason and natural leader so far has been Steve. However, once a radio he built is mentioned, things will most likely change. No one has ever seen the said radio, which makes neighbors suspect Steve has been communicating with aliens. From this point on, readers can change their initial prediction, realizing that Steve will no longer be in charge, especially after answering to the neighbors' inquiries with sarcasm.

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)

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."