Probably the most important sentence in an essay is the thesis statement, which is a sentence that conveys the thesis—the main point and purpose of the essay. The thesis is what gives an essay a purpose and a point, and, in a well-focused essay, every part of the essay helps the writer develop and support the thesis in some way.
The thesis should be stated in your introduction as one complete sentence that
identifies the topic of the essay,
states the main points developed in the essay,
clarifies how all of the main points are logically related, and
conveys the purpose of the essay.
The answer is:
A. understand that managing the moon landing while the lunar module had 30 seconds left of fuel required intense concentration.
In the excerpts the narrator mentions the lunar module had 30 seconds left of fuel, so the people who were in charge of the moon landing could not make a mistake, a miscalculation or lose their extraordinary focus. For example, one of the narrators states the men "could not afford to be wrong." Otherwise, the mission could have failed.
Winterbourne
The point of view of the novel is first person peripheral. However, there are very few times where we actually see the thoughts or opinions of the narrator. The narrator only tells us about Daisy as Winterbourne sees her. We never find out the narrator's opinions or thoughts about Daisy. It's as if the narrator is just repeating what Winterbourne has relayed to him.
c.
the only negative side effect of the medication I am taking is that it causes insomnia some nights