Read this excerpt from “water never hurt a man” by walter d. edmonds. "take off your pants, dearie," said the boy in a mock voice, digging in his fingers till john winced. "joe buller can handle your captain smart enough. me, i'll just paddle you to learn you." john, looking up, was afraid. he did not know what to do, but without warning his hands acted for him, and he struck at the square face with all his might. which statement best describes the interaction between the characters in this excerpt? a. when john is intimated by the boy, it shows that he is weak and unable to stand up for himself. b. when the boy taunts john, it shows that the boy is jealous of john’s intelligence. c. when the boy speaks to john, it shows that the boy is a bully and is antagonizing violence. d when john strikes the boy, it shows his inner rage.

In this excerpt, John portrayed that his intelligence and smarts overpowers the basic drives of the boy to poor sex and intimidation. Because of this, the boy acts on to John taunting him to feel stronger . 

actually its " when the boy speaks to john it shows that the boy is a bully and is antagonizing violence" i took the test the first time and got it right.

a, b, and c are all correct.

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)