In general, how would you characterize odysseus' attitude towards his journey to the underworld? that is,
what does the episode tell us about him?

Odysseus' journey to the underworld tells us that he is a very cautious warrior.

Explanation:

When Odysseus goes to the underworld, his desire is to find a prophet. Odysseus' goal is for the prophet to talk about his future, showing the difficulties that Odysseus will suffer from now on, which enemies he may face, or which beings will try to prevent his return home. Odysseus wants to obtain this information, because he wants to plan strategies to escape all of this in advance and thus prevent anything from preventing his return home.

This shows that Odysseus is a cautious warrior.

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)