Jonathan swift was born on november 30, 1667, in dublin, ireland. throughout his life, he tried to achieve political distinction in ireland and the nearby country of england, but he was generally unsuccessful in his attempts. swift did find success, however, in his writing. he wrote many books, essays, and pamphlets during his lifetime. often, he used his writing to censure the individuals, society, and politics of his time. one of swift’s most famous literary works is the book gulliver’s travels, which he wrote as a travel narrative, a popular genre at the time it was published. by using the travel narrative genre, swift was able to achieve his purposes while keeping them hidden. why did swift want to hide his purposes? it may be that he did not want people to know they were being educated and often mocked. if his audience had known, they may not have read his masterpiece, and gulliver’s travels would have been lost forever. based on this excerpt, what can you infer about jonathan swift’s life? swift’s birthdays were often depressing and lonely. swift had a large family and tremendous wealth. swift traveled widely, which is reflected in gulliver’s travels. swift’s writings were connected to his desire to enter politics.

Based on the excerpt, what can be inferred about Jonathan Swift's life is that Swift’s writings were connected to his desire to enter politics.

Through several instances one can infer about his desire,

To Jonathan swift politics have been of interest in his early career. He was in a fear of loss of privileges and liberties due to the restoration of the Catholic monarchy. Also, he supported the Whig party early in his life, later notices a connection between the Whig party and Dissenter. Later Swift became part of Tory government, which fell. Hence, he returned to Ireland due to the return of the Whigs.

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)

pandas are endangered because of habitat destruction by humans.

as of 2014 there were around 2,000 left, since then, it supposedly has risen 17%.

they are a very endangered species.

-theoneandonly003