Excerpt from War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety—their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours—and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity. Had our instruments permitted it, we might have seen the gathering trouble far back in the nineteenth century. Men like Schiaparelli watched the red planet—it is odd, by the way, that for countless centuries Mars has been the star of war—but failed to interpret the fluctuating appearances of the markings they mapped so well. All that time the Martians must have been getting ready.

In the excerpt above, what is the author’s tone toward the scientists of Earth?

Wells satirically ridicules the knowledge of scientist on EARTH when he compares with that of Martians.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from War of the Worlds, Wells talks about how Martians attack Earth when people, scientists, leaders are all busy and unaware of the situation they must face ahead. He ridicules every one of us of Earth stating that our knowledge, wisdom and education is very less when compared to that of Martians.

In these lines, he says that their calculations of attack, take-over and preparation has started long before we even thought of the word, war. He says that their abilities and practice of those abilities to improve started way before we did. This is our disadvantage and world is now like Martian red weed, is what he says (after the war).

some skiers think very highly of their sport.

that should be it i had the same question

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explanation:

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)