What does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal about ebenezer scrooge? it opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy, came darting in, and putting her arms about his neck, and often kissing him, addressed him as her "dear, dear brother." "i have come to bring you home, dear brother! " said the child, clapping her tiny hands, and bending down to laugh. "to bring you home, home, home! " "home, little fan? " returned the boy. "yes! " said the child, brimful of glee. "home, for good and all. home, for ever and ever. father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like heaven! he spoke so gently to me one dear night when i was going to bed, that i was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said yes, you should; and sent me in a coach to bring you. and you’re to be a man! " said the child, opening her eyes, "and are never to come back here; but first, we’re to be together all the christmas long, and have the merriest time in all the world." a) he used to have some strong sense of belonging in his family. b) he resents his sister's closer relationship with their father. c) he was sad to leave his boarding school to go home with fan. d)he believes that he became a miser because he left the school.

The best option is A) He used to have some strong sense of belonging in his family.

Explanation:

Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. He is an old grumpy man who seems to hate everyone and everything around him. Not even Christmas time seems to be able to warm his heart.

Scrooge is visited by three spirits who show him his own history, always with visions related to Christmas. In the excerpt we are analyzing here, Fan, Scrooge's sister is the family member who gives him a sense of belonging. Even though his own father is usually a tough man to deal with, Fan makes Scrooge happy by telling him they are going home together, and he treats her with kindness.

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)

answer

the answer is a