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Read the excerpt from “You are Old, Father William,” by Lewis Carroll. Identify the pair of lines that expresses a humorous tone.

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why I do it again and again."

PLEASE HELP!?

I believe the pair of lines that expresses a humorous tone is:

But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,

Why I do it again and again."

Explanation:

The pair of lines above is dictating the humorous tone of the poem. A father, someone who is obviously older than the son, and who should be expected to be wiser, claims to have no brain. Of course, not having a brain is impossible. He might mean that he has lost his mind, which might very well explain why now, being an old man, he chooses to stand on his head. That was something he should have done when he was younger, stronger, and less wise. It seems that this father is doing things backwards. His body is growing older, but his mind is growing younger.

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)