The Wild, The Other Side Of The Sky, And Barrio Boy

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People take risks so they can live and eat and to survive and they do it for their families.They also have a mission. They had to sell food to survive .They all have risks in these paragraphs and is all about survival . The Three examples are The Call of The Wild ,The Other Side of The Sky, and Barrio Boy, in all these stories they take risks and they have a challenge and they can attempt their goals . They are trying to achieve there goals to live and be with their family. They all had a journey and they all had to go to one place and they had to try to make it. They are accepting their goals . However all three shared an ability to stay focused and you can achieve your goal and then you won't have any risks any more t hen they can just

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