(don't write a random answer)

what is the main idea of this passage?

the venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests prey, usually insects. although many carnivorous plants exist, the venus flytrap is often seen as a mysterious and unnatural organism. some people find it difficult to believe that a plant can act like an animal, reacting to its food. in fact, the venus flytrap has been characterized in many comic books and television shows as a hungry monster consuming humans, pets, and other animals. although these characterizations are completely unrealistic, they show that people are amazed by plants that trap their own food.

the venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant.

people are amazed by venus flytraps.

these characterizations are completely unrealistic

the venus flytrap has been characterized in many comic books and television shows.

Main idea would be; People are amazed by Venus flytraps

ich statement best shows a problem in travels with charley?

one sharp difficulty presented itself. in the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.

this being so, my trip demanded that i leave my name and my identity at home.

i had to go alone and i had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.

with all this in mind i wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.

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)