In “birthplace,” saffarzadeh addresses the concept of shame in relation to her culture’s belief in monotheism in life after death that children are bad omens that boys are better than girls

That boys are better than girls.

Explanation:

Tahereh Saffarzadeh was an Iranian poet known as the poet of humanity. In the poem "Birthplace" she is critiquing the patriarchal mindset of the society who calls the birth of a girl as shame ("my mother's look of shame"), "a muffled voice announced". She represents the resentment towards the societal injustices that used to be faced by a girl child that fills her with rage owing to the confinement that she had suffered. Thus, she represents the cultural belief that boys are better than girls which she denies. She rejects her mother's inactivity to this injustice and seeks a new identity and life for a daughter.

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)