What does the symbol of the sun “dragging them all back toward the winter” reveal about Gilbert’s feelings on time?

Gilbert is talking about the unavoidably of time and doom in this line

Explanation:

Gilbert here says that the sun is  “dragging them all back toward the winter”

Here the symbols of sun and winter are important to understand as well as the symbol of dragging.

The sun is a symbol of time as it is the harbinger of the new day and is the way people know that the time is passing.

The winter can also mean desolation and death too as the end of life is considered the winter of life.

Thus Gilbert here is talking about the inevitability of death in the world with this metaphor of time.

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)