What drives us to undertake a mission? What would you be willing to risk just to reach your goal? Maybe, it's just the satisfaction of feeling good about your self,or maybe you do it just to reach a certain goal. Look at Bilbo Baggins from the story "The Hobbit" he did not like danger what so ever, yet he still went on a dangerous adventure with dwarfs that he didn't even know. On the other hand, you could look at Farah Ahmedi from the passage "The Other Side of the Sky" she was in a war-torn country and needed to get out desperately .Then, you have Walt Masters who they call "The King of Mazy May" He was willing to risk his life to protect his neighbors claim. So, what do you think drives people to undertake a mission?
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Farah and her mother were trapped in a war-torn country and needed to get across the Pakistan border. Farah had found a way to get across the border but her and her mother had no money so they couldn't bribe their way into the little door at the end of the gate. Farah made friends with a new family and the father was kind enough to let them go with their family up the mountain through the smugglers path to get to Pakistan. Even though Farah had a prosthetic leg she managed to get up the mountain with out thinking about how hard it was to get up the mountain because she was so determined to reach her goal at …show more content…
Walt's dad had gone to Dawson to make a claim legal along with their neighbor Loren Hall. Walt was asked to watch over Loren's claim and watch out for claim jumpers. When Walt seen them he did everything he could to save that claim, even stealing the claim jumpers sled dogs. He was in such a rush that he put the wrong dog as lead. Walt knew that if the claim jumpers had found him, that would be the last of Walt Masters. Since, Walt had out the wrong dog as lead they were not steady and way out of control, which made them go even slower than he wanted. The claim jumpers had finally caught up to Walt and since they couldn't get on the sled, they started firing at Walt and shot the dogs ear. There wasn't anything he could do about it so Walt had to switch out the dogs the best he could. Walt finally got to the office in Dawson before the claim jumpers with his neighbor. Walt was willing to risk his life to save his neighbors claim, and yet he still reached his
In the story "The Hobbit" …show more content…
Farah and her mother were trapped in a war-torn country and needed to get across the Pakistan border. Farah had found a way to get across the border but her and her mother had no money so they couldn't bribe their way into the little door at the end of the gate. Farah made friends with a new family and the father was kind enough to let them go with their family up the mountain through the smugglers path to get to Pakistan. Even though Farah had a prosthetic leg she managed to get up the mountain with out thinking about how hard it was to get up the mountain because she was so determined to reach her goal at …show more content…
Walt's dad had gone to Dawson to make a claim legal along with their neighbor Loren Hall. Walt was asked to watch over Loren's claim and watch out for claim jumpers. When Walt seen them he did everything he could to save that claim, even stealing the claim jumpers sled dogs. He was in such a rush that he put the wrong dog as lead. Walt knew that if the claim jumpers had found him, that would be the last of Walt Masters. Since, Walt had out the wrong dog as lead they were not steady and way out of control, which made them go even slower than he wanted. The claim jumpers had finally caught up to Walt and since they couldn't get on the sled, they started firing at Walt and shot the dogs ear. There wasn't anything he could do about it so Walt had to switch out the dogs the best he could. Walt finally got to the office in Dawson before the claim jumpers with his neighbor. Walt was willing to risk his life to save his neighbors claim, and yet he still reached his