For me, being a hero doesn’t necessarily mean wearing a costume and having super powers. a hero is a special person who always puts the most important people in their lives before themselves. they care about their well-being and try to protect them in their own heroic way. i chose my mother, taresha houston, among all my heroes because she is the kind of person who makes me feel better when i get in trouble or when i get sick. she’s there whenever i need a hug or feeling down, and she tries her best to make me feel safe and happy. my mother has had a very difficult life and has left behind lots of things she held dear just to take her children forward. she suffered several times for personal matters which she had to overcome herself to live “peacefully.” my mother has had to make a strong heart to continue on with her current life. this fact surprises me the most because it takes lots of courage to forget the past and continue with life. i learned through her experiences that sometimes it is better to continue on forward instead of trying to repair the past, which is impossible to change. also, i learned that nobody is born with bad luck, it is just something inevitable that can be changed through hard work and courage. that is why i chose her, my mother, to be my hero.

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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)