Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. how does o. henry craft "after twenty years" to create surprise? a. he conceals information about jimmy until the end of the story. b. he presents information about both characters that is untrue. c. he focuses on the arresting police officer in order to distract leaders. d. he creates parallel plots to connect events in an unlikely way.

In the Novel "After Twenty Years" from O. Henry, the author creates surprise by keeping the identity of Jimmy Wells a mistery until almost the end of the short story.

So the right answer is:

A.He conceals information about Jimmy until the end of the story.

A. He conceals information about Jimmy until the end of the story.

Explanation:

O. Henry crafts "After Twenty Years" to create surprise he conceals information about Jimmy until the end of the story. In the first part of the story, a policeman is making sure everything is right in the neighborhood. He runs into a man who is waiting for a friend with whom he was supposed to meet after twenty years. Bob is a well-to-do man who made money in the West. He is waiting for Jimmy. After the policeman leaves Bob is arrested by another man that is supposed to be Jimmy. Only by the end of the story, we learn that Jimmy was the first policeman.

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)