Sample response: Today, I wished I were dead. We are
crowded into a tiny space. Animals are given more
room to live. Iam chained to the men on either side of
me. One is sick. He is burning with fever and groans
constantly. When he dies I will be chained to a dead
man. I feel sick, too, but it is only the smell turning my
stomach. My nose is filled with the odors of sickness
and dirt and human waste. I would give anything for a
breath of dean air. But I cannot ask. If I do, I will be
whipped until I cannot stand. I am afraid I will not
survive this journer.
Which of these ideas did you include in your
response?