Write an argumentative essay either supporting or opposing the claim that “Cooney was successful in using the character
development of Mercy Carter to represent the change of view
in how Native Americans are portrayed". Use your prior
background knowledge, your own experience from classroom
discussions, the informational text as well as novels read in
order to develop your essay. Use reasons, facts, examples
and/or other evidence to support your position. Remember to
use evidence to support your response.

Read the excerpt from the code book. without much hope of a theoretical breakthrough, cryptanalysts have been forced to look for a technological innovation. if there is no obvious way to reduce the number of steps required for factoring, then cryptanalysts need a technology that will perform these steps more quickly. silicon chips will continue to get faster as the years pass, doubling in speed roughly every eighteen months, but this is not enough to make a real impact on the speed of factoring—cryptanalysts require a technology that is billions of times faster than current computers. consequently, cryptanalysts are looking toward a radically new form of computer, the quantum computer. if scientists could build a quantum computer, it would be able to perform calculations with such enormous speed that it would make a modern supercomputer look like a broken abacus. the author’s purpose in this paragraph is to convince the readers to pursue a career in analysis. explain the need for faster technology in cryptanalysis. entertain with interesting stories about supercomputers. argue for more money to develop a quantum computer.