Which of the following quotations specifically provides the most clear example of the harshness of life for the chinese women living among united states culture?
a. "whereas immigration to the united states was liberating for many european women, for chinese women the experience was often confining, grueling and volatile."
b. "women had to adjust to the emergency and makeshift living conditions and had to work right alongside the men. life in america, my grandmother found, was indeed rugged and unpredictable. "
c. "the year my grandmother was detained on angel island [1924], a law had just taken effect that forbade all aliens ineligible for citizenship from landing in america. this constituted a virtual ban on the immigration of all chinese, including chinese wives of us "
d. "once in san francisco grandmother lived a life of confinement, as did her mother-in-law before her. when she went out, even in chinatown, she was ridiculed for her bound feet. people called out mockingly to her, "jhat! " meaning bound. "

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

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)

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