How does People Could Fly educate us

When Africans were brought to the United States as slaves, they lived in horrible conditions. They were beaten by overseers, or the people who watched over them. They were fed terrible food - or sometimes not fed at all - and worked long days doing grueling work.

Some slaves would tell a story of slaves being able to fly away from the plantations where they worked. This story was told over and over and passed down through generations. Stories that are told this way are called folktales.

''The People Could Fly,'' Virginia Hamilton's version of this African-American folktale, tells the story of Sarah and Toby and what happens when they discover that they can fly.

Africans who were moved to the United States as slaves endured horrible conditions.

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How it All Begins

Sarah, a slave hard at work in the fields in the hot sun, is working with her baby on her back. Her baby starts to cry, and the bosses at the plantation notice. The plantation is run by the Master, Overseer, and Driver. They are violent men who beat the slaves, and when the Driver notices that Sarah's baby is starting to cry, he beats the baby. Toby, another slave working the fields, runs over to Sarah and whispers into her ear: Kum ... yali, kum buba tambe.

Suddenly, Sarah is floating! The Overseer is shocked to see Sarah floating, and tries to chase her. But Sarah is faster than the Overseer, and she flies away from the fields.Explanation:

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)