Barrio Boy

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How to Undertake A Mission

Introduction: It's not impossible to know what drives people to undertake a mission, but it is very hard because people are crazy these days or even do some bad things or good things just so they can reach their goals. For example, Billy wanted to cut down a tree to get the coon for his dogs, but that's what his goal was for the day and Billy wanted to undertake that mission. Farah climbed the mountain with a bad leg and a mom who was hurting, to get freedom, that's another example about how to undertake your mission or goal for the day. Barrio learned English and had to go to a new school and a new country and that's how Barrio undertook his mission. All these people took their mission and tried to accomplish it and had different reason for each one.

Barrio Boy: Barrio Boy was a very interesting mission because it took him a long time to learn English but he did undertake his mission and met his goals. Ernesto is hopeful because my evidence was that his goal was to learn English and he really was trying his best for that goal. He is also hopeful because one quote was, “ No less shining than mine day i conquered butterfly”. My evidence and quote make Ernesto look hopeful. I Also Ernesto has a lot of motivation because my evidence was that it was easy for him to be American because he was confident in his new
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Farah felt desperate because she wanted to get to the freedom. “I felt desperate to get through, because the sun was setting, and if we got stuck here what were we going to do?, where would we stay?, There was nothing here, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just the desert.” Farah also felt nervous because she had no chance to get through, and a big storm was coming. “ Yet we had no real chance to get through, plus a big storm was

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