Answer to Question #200200 in English for Chris

Question

Final Exam Essay:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/170OW9dK3aNA9nWCCT2ZQKr886Ngb5qUbyfzW1X06hq0/edit?usp=sharing

1. Using the google doc above, to prepare for your essay find evidence from all three pieces that discuss taking risks, You can highlight or copy the passages you might quote as evidence so they are easily found... (3 paragraphs )

Answer 1

           Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air (1928) and the first woman, and second person ever (after Charles Lindberg) to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932) (King 73). therefore, Earhart would have become the first person (man or woman) to circle the globe by air. Her route roughly followed the course of the equator. Earhart and Noonan made stops in Florida, Puerto Rico, South America, Africa, India, Australia, and finally New Guinea, where they landed on June 30, 1937 (Blau 92). Australian tabloid published a story reporting that Earhart had been part of a secret mission by the United States government to fly over the Marshall Islands and gather information about the suspected build-up of Japanese military forces in the area (King 101). The

rumor soon took hold and conspiracy theories involving Earhart and the United

States government were popular for several years. Stories, which were later

proven false or unsubstantiated, told of witnesses who place Earhart in Japan

as a prisoner of the Japanese government and even living back in New Jersey

under an assumed name Although most experts still believe that Earhart's plane probably crashed and sank and that Earhart and Noonan either died during the crash or drowned shortly after, an enthusiastic group of searchers continues to explore clues that Earhart and Noonan may have survived for a short time

(Wick Although most experts still believe that Earhart's plane probably crashed and sank and that Earhart and Noonan either died during the crash or drowned shortly after, an enthusiastic group of searchers continues to explore clues that Earhart and Noonan may have survived for a short time (Wickham 43). The Earhart project hopes to prove what really happened to the famous pilot and put to rest the rumors, conspiracy theories, and innuendo that continues to surround America's most famous female aviator.am 43). The Earhart project hopes to prove what really

happened to the famous pilot and put to rest the rumors, conspiracy theories,

and innuendo that continues to surround America's most famous female aviator.