ESSAY: SHORT ESSAY Using the outline you wrote, write an essay of at least 200 words with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Here is your goal for this assignment: Construct a short essay from your outline In your introduction, make some mention of each point of your outline. Write one paragraph for each of your main points. Try to use connecting words at the end or beginning of each paragraph. Summarize and conclude in a conclusion paragraph. Use at least five of the words from the Vocabulary Inventory in Lesson 2. Be sure you use them correctly. You will be graded on the following criteria: 1. Clearly state your position and support it. 2. Make sure each paragraph contains one main idea and support. Use complete sentences including compound and complex sentences. 3. Include an introductory paragraph, proper transitions, and an appropriate conclusion. 4. Make sure your essay contains no errors in conventions such as spelling and grammar errors, and is at least 200 words long.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

because most jews were in the concentration camps and dying horrible deaths while anne could be with her family in a warm place with shelter, food, water, and a place to sleep.

may i see the historical information and the excerpt?