Read Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "The Bean Eaters" and answer the question.

They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.

Dinner is a casual affair.

Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,

Tin flatware.

Two who are Mostly Good.

Two who have lived their day,

But keep on putting on their clothes

And putting things away.

And remembering...

Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,

As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that

is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths.

tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.

"Chipware" is a made up word. What does it suggest?

A. dishes that are old and worn
B. tableware that has been well taken care of
C. dishes from the high-end brand "Chip"
D. nothing since it's a made up word

The question is incomplete. Given below are the answers for all the questions.

Explanation:

1. They are poor. The beans are one of the cheapest food and usually the poor buy beans on a regular basis.

2. Part of what Brooks wants to communicate is the everyday nature of their very minimal existence. The narrator speaks about a poor couple who sit and dine at a rented black room.

3. "Remembering, with twinklings and twinges," For the old people, remembering the good times is a source of joy. These memories are strong enough to make them remember with 'twinklings and twinges'

4. The speaker is an observer like a fly on the wall. The poem is in the third-person perspective. This is clear from the words 'they' and '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)