Make a paragraph SAQ out of this thesis and quotation evidence and analysis. Answer 1
(subject and claim):

As humans journey through life they learn their greater purpose

by/because
(line of reasoning)…
by listening to and following their heart.

Text Evidence #1: 2 “ Welles wasn’t calling his father to talk about the weather. After some small talk, he got to the point. ‘Dad,’ he said, with a slight pause, ‘I think I want to change my career.’ ‘Excuse me?’ came the reply. Welles had made the hard and prized move to Sandler’s trading desk a few months before. He’d been with the company more than a year and a half, and was now in position to begin reaping serious rewards… ‘I think I want to be a New York City firefighter’... ‘It’s going to be about four or five years, at least, before you could get picked up into the fire department.’ ‘ I understand that,’ Welles said” (Rinaldi, 60-62).

Explanation: 3
This quotation shows that...
Welles calls his dad and tells him he wants to change his career choice to a firefighter, the dream he had as a child, even after he’s about to get a raise at his job at Sandler O’ Neil.

This is important because…
This highlights the idea that as Welles is at his job about to get a salary raise, he still wants to change his career to a firefighter, knowing that he will face salary repercussions. Consequently, this shows that Welles is following his dreams heart, even though he knows he would get much more success at his current job at Sandler O’ Neil.

Text Evidence #2: 4 “So close to an escape but to remain inside was not coincidence. Likely, it was a choice. Welles made it. He was helping. He was at work” (Rinaldi, 107).

Explanation: 5
This quotation shows that...
Although Welles was very close to an escape out of the building, in that time he decided to help others because that is what his heart told him to do.

This is important because…
Welles decided to save others, rather than save himself. In this moment he listened to his heart, which led him to make the decision of sacrificing himself to fulfill his greater purpose, which was to impact the lives he saved, and the lives of America.