Essay on a high school diploma is important to my future

A high school diploma is not only a piece of paper stating I graduated high school. It is now 2019 and having a high school diploma to get a decent job is serious. I need the diploma to show that I stayed up countless hours, when I needed to be asleep, to make sure I aced that test, to show that I slayed that quiz, to show that even when I wondered how worth it, it really was, I stayed and passed those finals. I need that not only for a job, but for myself. I need to be reminded of my accomplishments, I need to be reminded that all those hours spent weren't just for no reason. They were to see the tear on my families faces and to hear them hollering for me when I grab that diploma and walk across the stage. It is my certificate to my first big success in life. I need it to show that I can achieve anything I put my mind to, because I am a smart, hard working individual. A diploma is important to me, because once I receive it, I can then believe I'm able to accomplish anything I set my mind to.

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)