A Comparative Analysis Of Wei-Dong And The Sniper

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Many people work hard for the good of themselves, the rewards and maybe just do it because they want to. I could mow the lawn, do the laundry, clean my bedroom all without even a break for payment or just because I was just told to do so. Whatever!
Doing stuff can be hard working because maybe you might feel tired after you are woken up to do your work, or maybe you are just lazy. But besides all of that. There are even more difficult or even life risking to do. And some or most people are working hard to solve those difficult and or dangerous problems such as The Sniper and Wei-Dong. Wei-Dong and The Sniper are both hard-working and are both problem solvers because they get into problems in which they later on solve afterwards.

Wei-Dong is hard working because he works hard for his team to help them and himself progress. First, one of his friends got caught in a very tough situation and Wei-Dong has to deal with the situation. According to the text, Wei-Dong and his teammates ran into a trap which summoned a monster to take them out. The text in the page says “As they shouted all at once for him to stop, to wait, and then- And then he triggered the trap that they all knew was there. And then there was trouble.” (Doctorow 24 ). Secondly, Wei-Dong later on had to deal
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Wei-Dong saving his team from a fatal loss, The Sniper almost died from blown cover, winning afterwards, and compared to each other, they both are different from pixels on a screen to a war taking place in Ireland. So doing chores in your house, going to work for money, probably even school. All of those take hard work to accomplish. It could help with your career, it could promote you, it could at least give you some space and money for your house etc. Stuff like those can be very important for any future activities or events far from what you can just

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