Basketball 3. Blaine opened up the present and began pouting. He screamed in a high-pitched voice, "This is Captain
Thunder! I wanted Captain Lightning!" His mother looked at him with dismay and handed him another present,
which he greedily opened. "Why did you get me a red hat? You know I like blue more," Blaine whined as he
threw the hat across the room. His mother straightened her expression and squinted at him. Earlier she had hoped
to take some pictures of this moment, but by now she had put away her camera. She sighed and handed him one
more present in hopes that this year wouldn't be a total bust. Blaine huffed and opened it. "A Game Box 4000...
wow. Where's the Game Box 5000 that I asked for?" His mother could bear his ingratitude no longer. The next
time that Blaine returned from his father's house, he was shocked to find that all of these toys and gifts, along with
many other of his things, had been generously donated to needy children.

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

The boys attitude

Explanation: His attitude leaves his mother feeling like he doesn't appreciate the presents that she gave him, so she gave them to people who would.

sufficient and relevant

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)