The very first character i will be talking about is Farah Ahmedi. Her and her mother lived in Afghanistan where people had no money. Farah and her mother were trying to cross the border of Afghanistan to get to Pakistan for a better life. She was missing a leg after stepping on a land mine when she was seven years old and with her father and brother dead from a rocket attack, Farah and her mother decide to flee their home in Afghanistan. The phenomenal thing she did was that she went through danger and still got to where she wanted to go out of that war torn country. Secondly, Farah Ahmedi had one leg and …show more content…
Portland steamship and mad their made their way though the excited crowd. They were carrying large sacks filled with the most precious metal in the world ..... Gold. The whole issue in the story was that everyone was chasing after gold to get their life better to get rich! "At a time when many Americans were either out of work or earning low wages, the prospect of striking it rich proved irresistible. Firemen, doctors, lawyers, ministers and even the mayor of Seattle quit their jobs and joined the rush. Even though the times were hard in the end Stanley pursued his dream of striking it