1. what is wolfe’s attitude toward the astronaut? 2. what is wolfe’s attitude toward the people who come to see the astronaut? what syntax and diction reveal this attitude?

Answer and Explanation:

This question is about "The Right Stuff"

1. Wolfe's attitude towards the astronaut is to show that he is an important figure for society and that it is because of this importance that people want to hear him. That's because Wolfe wants the astronaut to know that people admire what he did, seeing him as brave, intelligent and adventurous.

2. He sees people as "trapped" in the history of the astronaut and the figure he represents, as if there is nothing more important in the world than the astronaut and as if he were a kind of divinity. This can be seen when the narrator says that people are waiting to breathe the same air as the astronaut, to hear any word he has to speak, to occupy the space he is occupying, among other things.

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)