LITERARY ANALYSIS: In "A Voice," the speaker shares her fear of how others might perceive her at a speech contest due to her background. How does the speaker's characterization of her mother convey her attitude toward her background?

The speaker of the poem characterizes the mother herself as an immigrant woman who had to face the hostile environment that did not speak the same language as her and therefore rejected her. As a result, the speaker's mother forbade English to be spoken at home, which makes the speaker unsure of the education she received as a child and how it formed her linguistic ability.

Explanation:

"A Voice" is a poem that portrays the experience of an American girl, daughter of Mexican immigrants, in a speech contest. The girl feels insecure about her linguistic ability, because despite speaking English fluently, her mother forbade the use of the language at home as a way to bring comfort to herself, since she had to live in a country that did not speak English. language and was constantly rejected for it.

The speaker feels that she will not be able to deliver a speech using English efficiently, due to her family education.

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)

i'm pretty sure you can use the word uproar