Read this excerpt from We Beat the Street
"Hassan and Ahi are going to Howard University in D. C.," Rameck commented, "but their folks have a little
cash." He fell silent.
"I think it would be cool to go into business," Sampson said, "You know, become an entrepreneur and own
some big company." He sounded a little vague.
"What kind of business is there around here except for drugs and crime?" George asked bitterly,
"Show business!" Rameck told him. "We can be rap stars!"
"Yeah, right. You need money even to do that," Sampson told him.
Sampson drove the other two home then, their hopes and dreams left in the starlight.
What effect does the boys' lack of money have on them?
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It makes them jealous of students who are going to college.
It fuels their interest in owning a successful business.
It motivates them to pursue their individual interests.
It makes them believe that their goals are too difficult to achieve.

It makes them believe that their goals are too difficult to achieve.

Explanation: Throughout the conversation, you see them doubting themselves because of their financial struggles. In the very last sentence, "Sampson drove the other two home then, their hopes and dreams left in the starlight" it shows that they've given up trying to achieve anything big.

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)