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

jonathan iwegbu counted himself extraordinarily lucky. "happy survival! ” meant so much more to him than just a current fashion of greeting old friends in the first hazy days of peace. it went deep to his heart. he had come out of the war with five inestimable blessings—his head, his wife maria’s head and the heads of three out of their four children. as a bonus he also had his old bicycle—a miracle too but naturally not to be compared to the safety of five human heads.

what can you most clearly determine about the story’s setting from this excerpt?

a)the story takes place right before a war.
b)the story takes place in the middle of a war.
c)the story takes place right after a war.
d)the story takes place years before the start of a war.

The correct answer is C. The story takes place right after a war.

Explanation:

In literature, the setting refers to the context in which the events in a story takes place, this includes the places or scenarios, the historical time and the social context and any other details related to the surrounding of the characters and the events. Additionally, the setting affects the plot or main events that take place in a story as well as the mood or atmosphere on it. In the excerpt presented the narrator describes how one of the characters called Jonathan feels he is lucky for having survived and "come out of the war" with his family including his wife Maria, his two children and himself, besides an old bicycle. Considering this excerpt includes expressions such as "happy survival", "hazy days of peace" and "he had come out of the war" it can be inferred the story takes place right after a war as the narrator describes how the character feels someone relief as the war had ended and he still has the people he loves with him.

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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)