These two questions are from the short story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson PART A: Which sentences describes the main theme of the short story?

A Children sometimes act out when they’re attempting to figure out who they are.

B Parents often don’t give their kids enough attention, and this causes them to act out.

C Naughty children are more likely to become misbehaving adults when they grow up.

D Children are strongly influenced by the bad behavior of their peers.

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A “my sweet-voiced nursery-school tot replaced by a long-trousered, swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave good-bye to me.” ( Paragraph 1)

B “‘Do you think kindergarten is too unsettling for Laurie? All this toughness, and bad grammar, and this Charles boy sounds like such a bad influence.’” ( Paragraph 21)

C “With the third week of kindergarten Charles was an institution in our family; the baby was being a Charles when she cried all afternoon” ( Paragraph 41)

D “‘We had a little trouble adjusting, the first week or so,’ she said primly, ‘but now he’s a fine little helper. With occasional lapses, of course.’” ( Paragraph 68)

A.Children sometimes act out when they're attempting to figure out who they are.

B.my sweet-voiced nursery-school tot replaced by a long-trousered, swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave good-bye to me.”

Explanation:

Children sometimes act out when they're attempting to figure out who they are. Laurie was a sweet child,but as time passed the more rude the child became.

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)

it is true my friend