To make readers curious about Theseus’s role in the plot
Sentence one is the topic sentence because it tells you what the paragraph is about.
It turns out that being a wallflower isn't such a bad thing. Patrick sums up Charlie's wallflower-like nature by saying, "You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand." Staying quiet and simply observing the absurdity that is high school allows a "wallflower" to navigate through this brutal social labyrinth without getting too caught up in the insanity.
The new Republican Party was vehemently against extending slavery into the territories.
