In the following literature selections, individuals experience rites of passage in various ways: . "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant" by W. D. Wetherell
• "Oranges" by Gary Soto
• from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• "First Lesson" by Phillip Booth (Standard course only)
• "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins
"Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde
• from My Forbidden Face by Latifa
• "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst (Standard course only)
• "My Brother's Keeper" by Jay Bennett
• from Riding the Bus with my Sister by Rachel Simon (Foundations course only)
Choose at least two of the selections above and write about the rites of passage that individuals
in the selections confront. Provide evidence by including names of characters as well as
specific details from the text to support your claim.

In "The Scarlet Ibis", the narrator went through the right of passage of family dying because he was there for the death of his brother. The narrator also realized that he had to face the truth that the love he had for his brother was pushed away by his arrogance and his want for Doodle to be normal. The narrator was a boy who was involved with his brothers because their parents made him take care of Doodle, thus forcing him to grow up faster than he should of. He loved his brother but did not accept him because he was handicapped. He wanted to push Doodle to achieve more than he could which ended up causing the death of his bother at the end of the story. He not only teaches Doodle how to walk but then sets out to teach Doodle a number of other life skills, including running, rowing, and climbing trees.

Explanation:

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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