In line 14 of "the indian burying ground," freneau mentions "arrows, with a head of bone" that are buried with the deceased. these arrowheads, made of stone or bone, may be contrasted with the headstones put on christian graves. in about 100 words, compare the different views of death revealed by stone arrowheads versus gravestones.

An Indian arrow head or “head of stone”, symbolizes the opposite of a headstone namely, the enduring vitality of the dead person’s spirit unlike the cold, engraved memorial for a dead white man. The indians bury them in a sitting position; they think that the dead are with life, in their own world. The Christians, at contrary, buries their dead in an horizontal possiton, like they were resting for the ethernity. The posture we keep to our dead determines how we look at life after death. Death is not end but it is a release for life is seen as bondage. American Indians believe in life as lasting or existing forever it is an ad infinitum process. Christians don't, we believe in Heaven and Hell, and our actions or sins will determinate our destiny when we die.The Indian concept of life after death is quite different from Christian concept that believes in an annual of earthly activities after death.

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)

the characters in string all have major secrets that they strive to avoid revealing throughout the play.