One of the themes in the great gatsby is related to american materialism. what is fitzgerald view of american culture? there is a prevailing emptiness and alienation in american culture. there is a prevailing need for money in the lower class that's being met by the upper class in american culture. there is an understanding in american culture that the lower class will have the opportunity to become part of the upper class. there is an understanding in american culture that there is a connectivity amongst people. save

the answer is d my man/woman the first passage is real the second is a setting.

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)