The purpose of the first essay assignment is to evaluate your writing in a short analytical essay format. You will write many short essays in college, so improving your ability to write a clear, compelling, well-structured, and well-argued essay will be to your benefit. Based upon your reading of Barry Lopez’s Of Wolves and Men, please respond to the following essay prompt in 800 words (double-spaced, 12-point font, 1 inch margins all around). What factors explain why Americans went to such great lengths to exterminate wolves in 18th and 19th Centuries? Identify three key factors and back up your analysis with clear evidence and examples from the book. Any information gleaned from Lopez should be properly cited in MLA format according to the Hacker and Sommers guidelines. No outside sources are needed for this paper. Please include a bibliographic entry. No paragraph of your essay should have more than one quotation from Lopez and no single quotation should be longer than two lines of text. A well-organized essay should be structured around a clear introduction, statement of thesis, and conclusion. Please review Arthur McEvoy’s Writing HeuristicsPreview the documentPreview the documentView in a new window Include the Washington College honor code statement on the first page of your essay. Essays will be evaluated based upon this rubricPreview the documentPreview the documentView in a new window The following content is partner provided