Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko's story "The Man to Send Rain His fingers were stiff, and it took him a long time to twist the lid off the holy wa red blanket and soaked into dark icy spots. He sprinkled the grave and the wat touched the dim, cold sand; it reminded him of something—he tried to rememb thought if he could remember he might understand this. He sprinkled more wa until it was empty, and the water fell through the light from sundown like Augu was still shining, almost evaporating before it touched the wilted squash flowe Which statement best describes the significance of the holy water in this excerpt? A• The priest hopes that the holy water will provide the Pueblo people with the wate O
B•The Pueblo people embrace Christianity as the holy water is sprinkled on Teofilo
C•The holy water becomes a symbol of Pueblo traditions and loses its significance
D• The holy water is important to both the priest and Leon, but it is important for diffe​

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)

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.