"In response to executive order 9066" by dwight okitaWhy does the speaker begin with the poem with "dear sirs"? To whom is she speaking and what is the significance of starting the poem this way?

The speaker is a 14-years teenage girl. So, she began with "Dear sirs" in the poem as a sign of respect knowing fully well that she was addressing elders.

She was responding to Executive Order 9066, to the Secretary of War precisely who was authorized to prescribe in that area.

Beginning the poem this way is significant because it gives room for the reader to understand how to address elders. Also, it creates a kind of connection between the speaker and recipient.

Explanation:

The Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order which was signed and issued during the World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt.

The author, Dwight Okija wrote about a teenage girl who was in a relocation camp for 4 years. She was accused of her best friend for being the Japanese who bombed Pearl Harbor. She tried to show in the poem that is just a teenage girl and was not part of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

ethos, logos, and pathos.

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)