Read the excerpt from "Woman's Rights to the Suffrage." Friends and Fellow Citizens: I stand before you tonight [having been accused of] the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny. What can the reader conclude about Anthony based on this excerpt? Anthony was a brave and determined person. Anthony did not fully understand the laws. Anthony was not influenced by others' opinions. Anthony enjoyed breaking rules to get attention.

Anthony was a brave and determined person.

Explanation:

Susan B. Anthony was accused and convicted for voting in the Presidential election of 1872 in her hometown of Rochester, NY. This was because women were not allowed to participate in such a voting process that was considered to be the obligation of the men only.

In her 1873 speech given after her arrest, she addressed her situation and bring to light the events that led to her arrest. To her, she did not break any law nor did she hurt anybody. Rather, she reiterated that she "not only committed no crime but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny". This shows her defiance and strong-will in trying to bring forth the wrongs of the male-dominated society.  

honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.

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)