Could anyone me? read the paragraph from which the above examples were taken.. 1"it was natural that a man like franklin should be sought out for public office. 2he began on the local level as justice of the peace, philadelphia postmaster, and clerk of the general assembly of philadelphia. 3in the troubled years before the french and indian war he wrote numerous tracts, such as 'plain truth' (1747) and 'plan for settling the western colonies' (1756) which dealt with pennsylvania problems. 4in 1757 franklin was sent to england to serve as agent of the pennsylvania legislature. 5he remained there, except for a year's respite in 1763-1764, until 1775. 6during those years he became an agent for several 7gradually he came to be the spokesman for all the colonies. 8to the english he was as close to an american ambassador as there was." reread the condensed phrases you created for the sentences in this paragraph. state in one sentence, or at the most two sentences, the basic idea of the paragraph. remember, the paragraph summary is more general than the sentence summary. but it may need some detail not found in your condensed phrases in order to be accurate and smooth. type your paragraph summary.

Because of his talents, his intelligence and his disposition, Benjamin Franklin was destined to represent the best the United States had to offer. That became evident in the numerous public offices that he held.

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

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.