While on a business trip, I wrote a report using the hotel's courtesy computer. Saving the first draft on the hard drive, I
named it open double quote Boston
Report D1.close double quote
I wrote several pages of ideas, and then I left to meet a client for lunch. On returning to the hotel, I continued working on the report until I completed the first draft. Several new ideas came to me at dinner, so afterward, I added them to my first draft, saved the new one as open double quote
Boston
Report D2,close double quote
and wrote continuously until I had completed the report. I quickly skimmed through it and then saved it. The hotel's printer was broken, but having a printout didn't matter because I could submit it by e-mail to my manager. The next day, I received a reply saying that although my data were good, the report could have been better organized. My manager also said there were several sentence fragments and spelling errors, and the page numbering was way off. I was so disappointed.
The writer chose to name the first draft open double quote
Boston
Report D1close double quote
instead of simply open double quote
Report
1close double quote
because
A.
"D1" will remind the writer that he or she was writing on the first day of the business trip.
B.
the name briefly describes the file's contents and which draft it is.
C.
the name sounds impressive.
D.
the writer travels so much, he or she needs a reminder about where this report was written.
His experience and beliefs are well portrayed by the young lawyer in "The Bet" when the lawyer decides to forfeit his prize given his changed beliefs. Like the lawyer in the story, Chekhov devoted his life to what he believed in instead of focusing on his financial status.
Answer: The declaration was written to announce the creation of a new country.
Explanation: The colonists had the right to a revolution. Creating the Declaration of Independence outlined these rights, rallied the troops, and explained why the 13 colonies were separating from Great Britain.
