Arachne By Olivia E. Coolidge 2001
Authors want their readers to identify and connect with the universal themes in their stories. Themes such as love, hate, envy, jealousy, hope, fear, or power are all are expressed through carefully crafted characters, conflicts, dialogue, and settings.

After reading the selection, Arachne, decide the universal theme(s) the author wanted to convey and write a literary analysis that defends your thematic choice with textual evidence.

Manage your time carefully so that you can:

Read the passages;
Plan your response;
Write your response; and
Revise and edit your response.
Be sure to:

Include a claim;
Address counterclaims; and
Use evidence from the text and utilize the correct citation format.
Your response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay. Your writing will be assessed using the AzM2 Argumentative Essay rubric. Write your response in the space provided.
Plz help is a test

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)

“asleep in his bed” is personified.

people can learn from the struggles of others.