Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this article. read this excerpt from "nixon resigns" by carroll kilpatrick: in his acceptance speech on aug. 8, 1968, the nominee appealed for victory to “make the american dream come true for millions of americans.” “to the leaders of the communist world we say, after an era of confrontation, the time has come for an era of negotiation,” nixon said. how do the details of this excerpt shape the central idea that nxion had good intentions for his time as president? they highlight that nixon had plans to overthrow the communists. they illustrate nixon's need for the american people to admire him. they indicate that nixon had plans for domestic and international improvements. they show that nixon had plans to make dreams come true and negotiate for world peace.

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.