Multi-Paragraph Essay

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Prompt:  Marcel Proust once said, “We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”  What wisdom does Brennan discover?  In a well developed essay, explain his journey to discovery and what he learns about himself as a result.

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH

1^st sentence:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 

2^nd sentence:   This means that ________________      __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

3^rd sentence:  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4^th sentence (THESIS STATEMENT):  Brennan’s journey to return Coyote Runs’ skull teaches Brennan two important things – how to trust in others, and that if something is important to him, he must word hard to get it.

BODY PARAGRAPH 1

1^st sentence (TOPIC SENTENCE):  At the start of the novel, Brennan does not trust others very much, but by the end of the novel, Brennan has learned that he can trust in other people.

2^nd sentence:  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

3^rd sentence:  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4^th sentence:  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 

BODY PARAGRAPH 2

1^st sentence (TOPIC SENTENCE):  Brennan never really worked hard at anything or stuck with a difficult task before he found the skull.

2^nd sentence:  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

3^rd sentence:  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4^th sentence:  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 

CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH

1^st sentence:  To me, wisdom means________________________________________________________________                                           _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

2^nd sentence:  The wisdom that people get from their journeys changes them from who they were before the journey started.

3^rd sentence:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4^th sentence:  Through his journey to return the skull, Brennan changed in many ways.

5^th sentence:  Brennan became a more trusting person and a more determined person when he searched for a way to return Coyote Runs’ skull to the medicine place and give his spirit rest.