Match the letter of the author with his or her description. not all letters will be used.
a. nathaniel hawthorne
b. edgar allan poe
c. herman melville
d. henry david thoreau
e. ralph waldo emerson
f. walt whitman
1. my transcendentalist world view is evident in my journal, walden.
2. i am hailed the father of free verse.
3. the following passage exemplifies my writing style:

"the sexton stood in the porch of milford meeting-house, pulling busily at the bell-rope. the old people of the village came stooping along the street. children, with bright faces,

to leave the reader thinking and wandering on their own. without a resolution we are clueless to what happens next, and why it does. it may even cause suspension with the reader.

explanation:

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