Editorial

The expedition into the west was led by Lewis and Clark. They were two extraordinary men. It was expected of them to see many things such as woolly mammoths, saber tooth tigers and rarities such as those. But their main goal was to find a water passage through the west that was never found. Was their journey successful despite their "incomplete" mission?

In 1804 the mission began. Building a trust with the Indians (so they could easily remove them later on) was one of many things they did. During the journey the found many new existing life forms, such as undiscovered animals and plant life. And although it was nothing like the woolly mammoths that were expected, the life was new to science.

Traveling next to rivers as they made their way towards the west nearing Oregon and Washington, The two men found no water way going all the way across the states. But does this one unsuccessful aspect of their mission mean the rest doesn't matter?

So it is to be asked once again, were they successful? Well, having discovered most of what was to be seen, and seeing as you can't discover something that doesn't exist, the journey of Lewis and Clark was a renowned journey for a reason. It was a journey of great discovery and an accomplished mission!


Reflection:

This piece started out as an essay. And then by the time I finally finished writing it it had a lot of my opinions in it, so Ms. Sackstein and I both agreed it was more of an editorial. When reading over my editorial, Ms. Sackstein noticed my constant repetition. As I attempted to remove the material I repeated and I read over my work, I thought my editorial sounded a lot more mature in a way. So after all the trouble I had trying to form the expedition into some kind of an essay, I think it turned into quite a successful editorial. Although, I don't know what extra information would fit into this piece.