Write an essay of at least 150 words describing one of the main themes of "A Wedding Gift." Use details from the story to support your answer.

One of the man themes of "A Wedding Gift" is overcoming adversity and fear.

Explanation:

One of the man themes of "A Wedding Gift" is overcoming adversity and fear. Jacques was afraid of marriage and commitment because of his past relationship. "For a long time Jacques Bourdillere had sworn that he would never marry, but he suddenly changed his mind." When he met Berthe he immediately fell in love, but that meant he had to overcome his fear and promise he made to himself. And he worked for it through the approval of Berthes parents "Her parents hesitated for a long time, restrained by the young man's bad reputation." At the end of the story he had to overcome his biggest fear, to have a child of his own. On his wedding day he had no choice to face it "I—I have a child and the mother has just died." Lucky he didn't have to overcome raising a child on his own thanks to the fact he got over his fear of getting married. "Then Berthe murmured: "Well, we will bring up the little one." And now he has a life with love and purpose.

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)