Compare And Contrast The Hobbit And The King Of Mazy May

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What drives us to undertake a mission is motivation. Like Bilbo Baggins did in the hobbit to get the gold back from the dragon. Like in the beginning of the story he said that he would help them get their gold back. But in "The King Of Mazy May" it says that he has to get his claim back. This in both is them willing to leave their home to go get something they want.

But in both stores they run into a problem. In "The King Of Mazy May" the bad guys try and get to the claims office before Walt dose. In the hobbit he runs into the bad guys and they have to fight them. They also have to fight them in "The King Of Mazy May" In "The King Of Mazy May" the book says "

Yet, with the quickness of a cat, he had clutched the end of the sled with one

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