Pre-Writing Rough Draft
Prompt
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Write an essay that analyzes one work of literature that you have read from the perspective of a quotation. In your essay, interpret the
quotation and explain whether it applies to a work of literature you have read. Support your opinion using literary terms and elements
as well as details from the text
Lens Quotation: "Character is what you are in the dark"-Dwight Lyman Moody

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine