Farah Ahmedi wanted to cross the border to Pakistan to escape her war-stricken country. Aengus wanted to find his true love that haunted his dreams ever since his youth. Walt Masters wanted to save the claim of a poor old man that was in danger of being jumped by a band of claim jumpers. However, all three undertook a mission because of their desire and determination to find something, escape something, or to do what they think is right.
Farah Ahmedi undertook a mission to cross the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan to flee from war because she was determined to cross the border to safety. For example, “Thinking back, I’m puzzled, actually. How did I scale that mountain so easily? How did I climb down the other side? These days I find …show more content…
Perhaps my mother’s problems distracted me from my own. That might account for it. Perhaps desperation gave me energy and made me forget the rigor of the climb. Well, whatever the reason, I scrambled up like a goat” (Ahmedi par. 12). This shows that she is determined because it states that she felt just concentration and intensity. From this, we can infer that she is determined to succeed in crossing the border because her desire to cross the border nullified the discomfort from her prosthetic leg. Also, “Farah Ahmedi’s memoir The Other Side of the Sky is a testament to the power of the human spirit. Missing a leg after stepping on a landmine when she was seven, and with her father and brothers dead from a rocket attack, Ahmedi and her mother decide to flee their home in Kabul in search of a better life. This excerpt from “Escape from Afghanistan” describes their efforts to make it across the border and into Pakistan” …show more content…
But instead of trying to get somewhere or find someone or something, Walt Masters shows determination to do what he thinks is right. For example, “Walt lay in the snow, thinking rapidly. He was only a boy, but in the face of the threatened injustice against old lame Loren Hall he felt that he must do something. He waited and watched, with his mind made up, till he saw the men began to square up new stakes” (London par. 19). This shows Walt’s determination because it says that he ‘made up his mind’ to do something. This also supports the fact that Walt is doing what he thinks is right because it says in the citation that because Loren Hall’s claim was about to be jumped, Walt Masters felt like he must do something. Also, “Two of his pursuers had gone back to harness the remaining dogs, but the others took advantage of these short cuts, running on foot, and before he knew it they had almost overtaken him. "Halt!" they cried after him. "Stop, or we'll shoot!" But Walt only yelled the harder at the dogs, and dashed round the bend with a couple of revolver bullets singing after him” (London par. 25-27). This also shows Walt’s determination to fulfill his mission because, when the men threatened him, instead of heeding their threat, he just urged the dogs to go faster, even when the men fired some shots at him. In addition, “Lifting clear on the crest of a great jam off Indian River, Walt Masters
Farah Ahmedi undertook a mission to cross the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan to flee from war because she was determined to cross the border to safety. For example, “Thinking back, I’m puzzled, actually. How did I scale that mountain so easily? How did I climb down the other side? These days I find …show more content…
Perhaps my mother’s problems distracted me from my own. That might account for it. Perhaps desperation gave me energy and made me forget the rigor of the climb. Well, whatever the reason, I scrambled up like a goat” (Ahmedi par. 12). This shows that she is determined because it states that she felt just concentration and intensity. From this, we can infer that she is determined to succeed in crossing the border because her desire to cross the border nullified the discomfort from her prosthetic leg. Also, “Farah Ahmedi’s memoir The Other Side of the Sky is a testament to the power of the human spirit. Missing a leg after stepping on a landmine when she was seven, and with her father and brothers dead from a rocket attack, Ahmedi and her mother decide to flee their home in Kabul in search of a better life. This excerpt from “Escape from Afghanistan” describes their efforts to make it across the border and into Pakistan” …show more content…
But instead of trying to get somewhere or find someone or something, Walt Masters shows determination to do what he thinks is right. For example, “Walt lay in the snow, thinking rapidly. He was only a boy, but in the face of the threatened injustice against old lame Loren Hall he felt that he must do something. He waited and watched, with his mind made up, till he saw the men began to square up new stakes” (London par. 19). This shows Walt’s determination because it says that he ‘made up his mind’ to do something. This also supports the fact that Walt is doing what he thinks is right because it says in the citation that because Loren Hall’s claim was about to be jumped, Walt Masters felt like he must do something. Also, “Two of his pursuers had gone back to harness the remaining dogs, but the others took advantage of these short cuts, running on foot, and before he knew it they had almost overtaken him. "Halt!" they cried after him. "Stop, or we'll shoot!" But Walt only yelled the harder at the dogs, and dashed round the bend with a couple of revolver bullets singing after him” (London par. 25-27). This also shows Walt’s determination to fulfill his mission because, when the men threatened him, instead of heeding their threat, he just urged the dogs to go faster, even when the men fired some shots at him. In addition, “Lifting clear on the crest of a great jam off Indian River, Walt Masters