In “heat,” which symbolic importance or meaning does the heat take on? the heat represents war, which destroys the natural world and leaves people weak and saddened. the heat represents love and contentment, which the speaker is happy to experience. the heat represents a powerful force that changes the speaker’s world, and the speaker cannot escape from it. the heat represents anger, which drives the speaker to make bad choices.

The correct answer is “The heat represents a powerful force that changes the speaker’s world, and the speaker cannot escape from it”. In the poem “Heat” by Hilda Doolittle, the speaker wants the wind to cut the heat. The figurative meaning of these two symbols, the wind and the heat, could be understood as positive emotions/peace (the wind) and bad moments/sorrows (the heat). The heat described in the poem represents a powerful force full of sorrows and the speaker wants it to disappear, since not only the speaker cannot escape from it but also the nature (fruits cannot grow). In fact, in the first stanza the speaker expresses this feeling asking the wind to “kill” the heat (“rend it to tatters”).

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused

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)