Adapted from the fall of the house of usher by edgar allen poe
roderick usher had been one of my companions in boyhood, but many years had elapsed since our last meeting.
a letter, however, had lately reached me in a distant part of the country-a letter from him-which, in its wildly
importunate nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply. the ms gave evidence of nervous agitation.
the writer spoke of acute bodily illness-of a mental disorder which oppressed him-and of an earnest desire to
see me, as his best and indeed his only personal friend, with a view of attempting, by the cheerfulness of my
society, some alleviation of his malady. it was the manner in which all this, and much more, was said-it was the
apparent heart that went with his request-which allowed me no room for hesitation; and i accordingly obeyed
forthwith what i still considered a very singular summons.
although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet i really knew little of my friend. his reserve had been
always excessive and habitual. i was aware, however, that his very ancient family had been noted, time out of
mind, for a peculiar sensibility of temperament, displaying itself, through long ages, in many works of exalted art,
and manifested, of late, in repeated deeds of charity, as well as in a passionate devotion to the intricacies,
perhaps even more than to the orthodox and easily recognizable beauties, of musical science,
based on evidence in the passage, readers can infer that the narrator..
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is suffering from a mental disorder.
has a well-known family
is not very excited about seeing his old friend
has no friends other than roderick

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)

because they were not just any seashells they were sally's seashells

mark twain, real name samuel langhorne clemens, was an american writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. among his novels are the adventures of tom sawyer and its sequel, the adventures of huckleberry finn, the latter often called "the great american novel". wikipedia

the answer is "the man who came here yesterday was selling magazines."