What best describes the way manuel’s grandmother is characterized in claribel alegria’s “granny and the golden bridge”?

Manuel's grandmother is strong willed.

Explanation:

Claribel Alegria's "Granny and the Golden Bridge" tells the story of Manuel's grandmother who cooks food and sells it to the troops stationed near the Golden Bridge. She was brave and strong willed in her resolve to help the soldiers during the war.

The granny used to provide food for those soldiers stationed at the near and far side of the bridge. When the Golden bridge was to be blown away, she helped the guerrillas in their plan. later on, we hear from the narrator that she had started selling guns and ammunition to the guerrilla camps, that too by paddling on a small canoe. Such is the determination and hard working ethics of the grandmother. She is strong willed and is persistent in her work.

the primary theme of ha jin's “a decade” would be the need to revisit one's past to determine a path for the future. “a decade” is one of the twelve brief stories of ha jin's under the red flag, which takes place during the cultural revolution of china.

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)