5 Paragraph Essay On Hank's Work

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Hank is a person who is willing to take risks for the benefit of his work, and also his family. At the end of the book Hank takes a stand and decides to take on a partnership to start a chain for his store,

Over pork chops, with Brendan listening and grandfather half listening, Bob Donaldson spoke of his dream of adding a chain of half a dozen stores to his wholesale enterprise. ‘And you want to start with mine?’ Hank said…Hank smiled, picturing his name on the front of six stores. He guessed he would be proud of that, though not as proud as when he had been last September when his name went up on the store in Plum.

Hank has taken many risks throughout his career regarding his work and also his family. Hank first took a bog risk moving

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