What purpose does the story of him and the hat serve in chapter 2? a) to show the reader that tom and buck are cruel young men. b) to illustrate jim’s superstitious beliefs c) to explain why some people in the south believed in witches. d) to make the reader dislike. book: the adventures of huckleberry finn.

C) to explain why some people in the south believed in witches.

Explanation:

In this story, we see that Tom and Huck tiptoe through the garden when Jim hears them. He decides to stay put until he discovers the source of the noise, but he ends up falling asleep. Huck and Tom decide to play a prank on him and they put his hat on a branch. When Jim wakes up, he tells everyone that he was the victim of witchcraft. Twain uses this story in order to explain the superstitions of the South and how these allowed people to make sense of the world.

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)