Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

“what do you want to do with this boy? ”
fredo wanted to say “nothing" but no sound came from him
he had not spoken in over five years.
“nothing? you wanna do nothing? ”
fredo shook his head yes.

what does the excerpt above reveal about fredo’s character?

he respects his neighbors.
he is a coward.
he rejects vengeance.
he is lazy.

C. He rejects vengeance.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Agua viva, a sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez", we can see Fredo in a situation where he can finally punish one of the boys that have been tormented him for a long time, and have caused him a lot of suffering and emotional problems, he even isolated himself in a world that he created, despite all the harm this boy has caused him, Fredo decide to do nothing against him, he rejects vengeance.

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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)