Note: the characters in the two passages live in different historical eras. passages: a: it was freezing cold out on the prairie, but daniel trudged on. he had to find firewood. his mother was ill. she needed the warmth of a fire. so many people on the wagon train had died. daniel was scared. he wondered if they would ever reach oregon by the end of 1861. b: "hello, chicago power company? " bob said into the phone. "i need you to come fix our furnace. the heat won't come on, and it's very cold. my mother's sick. it's a fairly new furnace, too. mom said it was installed in 2005. can you come right away? " he hung up and got blankets out of the closet to cover his mother until came. compare and contrast the two characters in these passages. in your answer, be sure to identify the setting of each passage and the conflict faced by each boy. how does the historical era in which each boy lives affect his conflict? use events and details from the passages to support your ideas.

Article one: the new york tribune from december 5, 1859on leaving the jail, john brown had on his face an expression of calmness andserenity characteristic of the patriot who is about to die with a living consciousnessthat he is laying his life down for the good of his fellow as he stepped outof the door a black woman, with her little child in her arms, stood near his way. thetwain were of the despised race for whose emancipation and elevation to the dignityof children of god he was about to lay down his he stopped for a moment in hiscourse, stooped over, and with the tenderness of one whose love is as broad as thebrotherhood of man, kissed [the child) affectionately.article two: the cincinnati enquirer from december 3, 1859we rejoice that old brown has been hung. he was not only a murderer of innocentpersons, but he attempted one of the greatest crimes against society-the stirring upof a servile and civil war. he has paid the penalty for his crimes, and we hope his fatemay be a warning to all who might have felt inclined to imitate his aggressive conduct.now it is your turn. you need to synthesize the two articles mentioned above into one or two paragraphs. you may lookat the synthesized paragraphs above for an example, but your paragraph should be different. remember to follow theprocess hints mentioned earlier in this lesson.iuflad