The Crew Of The Challenger Essay Topics

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People risk their life for something they are passionate about: it can be their job, another person, even an animal. The Challenger space shuttle crew was passionate about what they did and they knew the risks about being in the shuttle and the worst happened to them. Steve Irwin was passionate about animals (mostly predators) and showing them to people. The most unfortunate thing happened to him also as he was stung in the heart by a stingray causing him to pass away. Other people like Will and Halt in the book The Ranger’s Apprentice, risk their lives on multiple occasions. They do so for their country and for doing what they are passionate about, being Rangers and defending their country for the good of the people who live in it. So, …show more content…

Some of these people do it because it is their passion and their love. The members of the Challenger shuttle crew knew that they could die on the shuttle yet they took the risk and did it, even though it led to their demise (The Crew Of the Challenger 1986). Some people do not know the risks that they take when they do something, others do and yet they do it and continue to do so because it is their love and passion. Steve Irwin wanted to be just like his father, who was an Australian naturalist so Steve also became an Australian wildlife expert. He also knew the risks of being around dangerous predators and capturing them. He did this because it was his passion, although his passion ended up killing him in September of 2006 when he was stung in the heart by a …show more content…

There are new businesses popping up all around the world each day; some will succeed and others will fail miserably and may bankrupt the owner. On average about 80,000 businesses fail a year (Ask.com). Other people go to places for their passion and know the risks, yet think they can handle them and something goes wrong. In the book The Snake Charmer, Joe was on an expedition discovering over fifty new species of snakes and other reptiles. The expedition was cut off short when Joe was bitten in the hand by a many-banded krait, killing him. (The Snake Charmer, 8). Sometimes unexpected things happen when you are doing what you love, sometimes harmless, sometimes extremely dangerous. In the movie, The Dinosaur Project, Jonathan Marchant is a researcher that looks for rare and mysterious animals. It is his passion to find new species as he does in the movie, along with a few others, including his stow away son named Luke. They find not only the water creature they are looking for, but many other unknown species and will soon find that they are all extremely dangerous. In the end Jonathan is killed by his partner (Bennett, 2012). Sometimes, unexpected things happen to test if it your passion is truly your passion. Most people will go forth with it till then

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