one page essay

   Question: In Andy Weir 's The Martian , what is the best example of Mark 's fear of risk and what is the best example of his overcoming that fear and embracing risk?

BELOW : Begin the paragraph by answering the prompt . The prompt requires citing two scenes from the novel . Then bring in a relevant point from one of your database sources that you are using for your research paper, properly introduce the source ( eg , According to - author names , title of article , and name of journal ) , explain the basic idea and back that idea up with a relevant quote from the source ( provide page number in parentheses ) . Follow that quote with another sentence of explanation . Now return to the scenes you mentioned at the beginning of the paragraph . Be specific in your description of what is happening and quote from the novel in regard to the second scene ( provide page and chapter in parentheses ) . Follow that quote with a sentence or two reinforcing the point .