In this excerpt, eliezer is in auschwitz, and he has learned the truth about the crematoria. in his barracks, a search is underway for prisoners who have new shoes. excerpt from night by elie wiesel i had new shoes myself. but as they were coated with a thick layer of mud, no one had noticed them. i god, in an improvised prayer, for having created mud in his infinite and wonderful universe. which statement best describes eliezer's viewpoint of the fact that the mud hides his shoes? eliezer does not view the mud as an act of god but says the prayer out of fear. eliezer does not view the mud as an act of god but says the prayer because he does not want to upset his father. eliezer views the mud as an act of god because his faith in god is still strong after entering auschwitz. eliezer views the mud as an act of god out of habit because that is how he viewed the world before entering auschwitz.

The sentence that describes Eliezer's viewpoint of the fact that the mud hides his shoes is the last one: "Eliezer views the mud as an act of God out of habit because that is how he viewed the world before entering Auschwitz."

Since his arrival in Auschwitz, he has lost faith in God. This is an example of verbal irony. Other prisoners are stealing shoes because they need them but since Eliezer's are covered in mud, the other ones don't notice they are new and he gets to keep them.

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)

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