Read the words of Don Anselmo in Gentleman of Río en Medio "The trees in that orchard are not mine, Señor, they belong to the children of the village. Every person in Río en Medio born since the railroad came to Santa Fe owns a tree in that orchard. I did not sell the trees because I could not. They are not mine." How does Don Anselmo’s sale of his land, but not the trees on that land, help reveal a theme in the story? Don Anselmo’s action allows him to make more money on his land than the Americans want to pay. Don Anselmo’s action allows him to keep possession of the orchard on the property he sold. Don Anselmo’s action allows him to continue to plant trees on the land he sold to the Americans. Don Anselmo’s action allows him to ensure that his entire community prospers from the sale of his land.

Don Anselmo’s action allows him to ensure that his entire community prospers from the sale of his land.

Explanation:

"Gentleman of Rio en Medio" is a short story written by Juan A.A. Sedillo. The story is about Don Anselmo and his property. Some Americans wanted to buy the land and property of Don Anselmo in New Mexico. The deal is done and the new residents shift to the place only to know that the trees planted in the orchard does not belong to Don but to the children of the town. Don Anselmo reveals to the buyer that whenever a new child was born in the town, he planted a trees and entrusted that trees to those children, thus he does not owe those trees and does not have right to sell them either. So, the buyers eventually have to buy the trees from the children.

This reveals that the action of Don Anselmo ensured that his whole town prospered from the sale of his property. Don Anselmo's action furthers th theme of the story that the welfare of the whole community is more important than individual benefit.

Thus the correct answer is the last option.

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)