Simple theme finding. Please help. Big Brain Moves. Directions: read each short story and determine the theme or message in the story.
Remember that a good answer will focus on big world lessons, not small world details of the story.

All Victor ever wanted to do with his life was be a singer.
He didn't pay attention in school, and he spent all his time at home listening to music
and impersonating his idols. His mother tried to teach him the value of getting an education
and having a backup plan. But Victor would respond the same way every time,
"Mom, I won't need to know any of that boring old stuff when I'm famous.
You'll see." There was one major problem with Victor's plan: he wasn't any good at singing.
Victor enjoyed singing so much that he didn't notice the pained look on the faces of those
who endured his singing. Some lied to him and said they liked his singing. Other people told
him to find something else to do with his life. Victor accused those people of being "jealous haters"
and ignored their advice. Soon Victor dropped out of high school to focus on his music career.
The years passed and the doors never opened.

3. What is the theme of this story?



4. What happens in the story that leads you to believe this?

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)

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