Read the excerpt from "civil peace" by chinua achebe.

as soon as the pound notes were placed in his palm jonathan simply closed it tight over them and buried fist and money inside his trouser pocket. he had to be extra careful because he had seen a man a couple of days earlier collapse into near-madness in an instant before that oceanic crowd because no sooner had he got his twenty pounds than some heartless ruffian picked it off him.

what is the theme conveyed in this passage?

a. money should be hidden in one’s pocket.
b. sometimes a blessing can be a burden.
c. a thief stole a man’s much-needed money.
d. crowds of people can never be trusted.

B. Sometimes a blessing can be a burden.

In this excerpt, the author describes how the moment Jonathan received money, he put it inside his trouser pocket. He was careful to do so because he remembered how a couple of days earlier a man had been robbed of his money as soon as he had gotten it. This shows that even though receiving money is normally considered a blessing, it can also be a burden as it places people in danger of being robbed.

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 type of supporting detail is fact!