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What drives a person you may ask? Well when ur life is at risk like For example in The Other Side Of The Sky, Farah got her leg blown off yet she still ran and climbed mountains to get the help her and her mother need or The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins had to choose between his "Took" side or his "Baggins" side. He eventually chose his Took side and wound up saving the vikings life. Or Aengus will never stop looking for his "glimmering girl". Its just so interesting what challenges Bilbo, Farah, and Aengus faced.
In the story The Other Side Of The Sky Farah Ahmedi got her leg blown off in an explosion she knew that she had to get out of Afghanistan. She was trying to cross the border to Pakistan but the guards were driving them back. As they got

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