The transition which could replace the word thus in this sentence is definitely consequently.
Workers bravely set dangerous explosives in the mountains by hand to make passes for railroads, and consequently hundreds lost their lives.
it means the main person in the story who speaks the most so like in harry potter, harry is the main character. Hope this helps.
Parks uses a chronological structure, narrating the story through her own perspective of the sequence of events that occurred. She describes the events from the event on the bus to the political and personal repercussions of what happened.
Love conquers all love conquers all love conquers all
