Walter wants to encourage Travis's dream. He has hope that his children's dreams will come true. His dream for his son is for his son to follow his dreams because he was never able to attain his.
Eliezer soon discovers that the chimneys are pumping out the smoke from burning the bodies of the people that have been killed at the concentration camp. The smell coming from the chimneys is unknown at first, but soon they discover that it is the smell of burning flesh.
Answer:
The state music contest, a competition that happens once a year, had arrived.
Explanation:
I have been able to rewrite sentences 3 and 4 as one sentence containing an appositive phrase.
An appositive phrase refers to a noun or a noun phrase that actually renames the noun next to it. The appositive phrase goes ahead to explain and give more meaning to the noun next to it.
In the above sentence, "<em>a competition that happens once a year</em>" is the appositive phrase that explains or renames "<em>The state music contest</em>".
The purpose it actually serves is to give more information about the noun.