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- Feb 2016
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In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things.
This directly reminds me of E. M. Forester's piece "My Wood". Forester stated life should solely be material and carnal. It seems that throughout a lot of the pieces we analyze there's a common theme regarding perspectives on life. Here, FDR uses diction to persuade the reader that a common fault of humans is that they only concern themselves with material things.
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