Farah Ahmed's Motivation In Aengus By Tikki-Tavi

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Even though it is hard to undertake a mission, there are always many motivations that drive people to undertake a mission.For example, Farah Ahmedi was determined to survive so she climbs up a mountain and thought about the good life she can get after this. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was a young mongoose who could kill snakes and make himself proud. Aengus didn't give up looking for someone who he only met once and decided to fall in love with her. Farah Ahmedi had the determination to survive, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi had a job he was born for which is to fight and eat snakes, and Aengus had the desperation to find his love. These people or animals all had hardships, but with their motivation they needed, they succeed undertaking their missions.

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