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.