What is one of the characteristics of a strong theme? a. it's broader than the story. b. it's an obscure concept. c. it's unrelated to the story. d. it's one word, such as freedom. ((apex))

Broader than the story, sis.

One of the characteristics of a strong theme is that it's broader than the story. The correct answer is A.

Explanation:

A strong theme is not only the main idea in which a writer's work is based, it is  also bigger than the story. It is probably the message the author wanted to send to his or her readers by writing the story, it might have been the objective of it all. It could have had addressed previously by the author in another work, he/she could have based many stories on that theme or may be just that one, but a theme can me addressed by many authors in many ways along history of literature. There are countless of themes; loneliness, optimism, religiosity, war, love, friendship, etc.

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)