Walt Masters was a boy in the Yukon that tried to save a gold claim from being stolen to help his neighbor. Farah Ahmedi wanted to lead a better life by going across the border to Pakistan. John Thornton wanted to become rich by mining gold. However, all three were determined to help themselves or their friends achieve something better. Walt Masters risked his life to help save his friend’s gold claim from being stolen. London states, “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” (London 19). Walt wanted to help Loren get his claim back and help his newly found friend. London also states that “he had agreed to keep an eye on the adjoining one of Loren Hall” (6). Walt was determined to help his friend. That is what drove him to undertake his mission. Lastly, the author stated, “they pulled up at the gold commissioner's office in Dawson” (London 47). Walt was so determined to help his neighbor that he even faced gunpoint-but still succeeded. Farah Ahmedi’s mission was to get across the border to lead a better life. Ahmedi states, “This expert describes their efforts to make it across the border and into Pakistan” (“Introduction”). Her mission was to make it across the border to …show more content…
lead a better life for her and her mom. She also states, “But then, without warning, a person like Ghulam Ali just turns up and says, ‘I see you. I am on your side.’” (Ahmedi 13). We are always determined to help one another and that drives us to undertake that mission. Lastly, Ahmedi states “we had to pause every few minutes, so our journey took many hours” (Ahmedi 11). She and her mother were so determined to finish this mission and lead a better life that even though her mother’s asthma slowed them down, she succeeded. Another example is John Thornton.
He wanted to help himself and others by paying off his debts and finding more gold. London states, “He made it possible for his master to pay off certain debts and to journey with his partners into the east after a fabled lost mine” (London 71). They were trying to find gold and become rich, which is not necessary to lead a full life. London also states “he found Hans, lying on his face, feathered with arrows like a porcupine” (London 82). Buck, the main character of the story, had found his master and his friends killed by native Indians. They learned that when you pursue a mission, you need to know the risks. John pursued his mission to help himself-and he died because of
it. In conclusion, everyone pursues a mission, and they pursue because they want to help themselves or someone else. John Thornton wanted to help himself by finding gold. Walt wanted to help Loren Hall get his claim saved. Lastly, Farah Ahmedi wanted to help she and her mom lead a better life. They are all trying to help someone. Will you?
Waleed Aly uses several features of language to convince the viewers to his perception through appealing to emotions and logic. He includes inclusive and emotive language to ensure that the issue plays on the reader’s feelings, addresses everyone and makes it appear more significant than it actually is. For example, “I’m sickened by the violence” or “I’m crushed for the families that have been left behind.” He incorporates a hyperbole which exaggerates and overemphasizes the crux of the statement to produce a grander, more noticeable effect. Through the phrase “We’re all feeling a million raging emotions right now” Aly creates a larger-than-life effect and overly tensions his point. Another technique is a call to action, “We all need to come
he was willing to kill himself to save mikey. why did rebecca payne change her attitude towards the archibald and helps them find a donor for their son.because she saw the conversation between john and mikey change her opinion.what change the attitude of Dr.Turner.because john’s pleading with Dr.Turner caused him to change his mind. If John was going to kill himself and there was a good heart available, he would do it .Ultimately, John’s selflessness was what caused both of them to change their mind. There was so much emotion behind his
In The Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi, Farah suffers from coping with the Taliban in her daily life. Farah describes the Taliban as “a terrible army of big bearded boys” and “wild alien beings, or beasts from another world.” The group took all of Farah’s family away from her, and the Ahmedi family was just another unfortunate victim of the Taliban’s violence, when the group rose to power.
John’s confusion in destiny stems from the fact that he believes that anything is possible in life and that it is not one big blueprint of the world. Owen Meany never gave John the chance to decide for himself in what he believed in because Owen disproved John’s belief by confirming to John that life is destiny.
...ing a war veteran being one of the most effective, Walt also worked in the automobile industry and had a very traditional a patriotic way of going about situations. An example would be Walt’s disappointment in his son’s choice of automobile; he believed that his son should have bought something made in the United States rather than Japan. His guilt also plays a major role in how he lives his life; he has killed and seen people being killed while he was at war. This subjectivity can explain why Walt acts the way he does and what influences Walt’s judgments about reality and how one should act.
America, since its conception, has been known as the "promised land." America is where one goes to escape persecution or achieve a dream that would be hard or impossible to achieve in their current location. This is essentially the "American Dream." The American Dream is to be able to create a better life for yourself, or any life you want, no matter who you are or where you are from. Walter and Frederick have two very different approaches to their American Dream. Walter's drive for money consumes him and complicates his relationship with his family while Frederick's passion for reading made him a more intelligent slave. The lives of the two men had different outcomes, but followed the same ideal of the American Dream.
...triumph is the focus of all the American dreams as illustrated by Doctorow. Tateh and Coalhouse are key examples of how the American society’s demands, prejudices, and opportunities can transform a man’s mentality. Doctorow highlights his concerns for American capitalism, and his overwhelming disdain for the stress people put on money and power. It is the universal being of capitalism that he is cautious off, not only for the social problems it creates, but also for the lust it thrives on. The financial success of Coalhouse causes him to be unaware of the social issues affecting his race. Thus, it is capitalism that causes Walker to be apathetic to the plight of his people. Doctorow only puts the allure of wealth in a negative light and highlights the carelessness that humans exhibit while attempting to attain the typical American dream of wealth and success
This at first seems as a good motive but it was obvious that Silver had something else in mind. Silver starts off with a pretense as he wants Livesey and Jim to give him the treasure map. As much as this may seem to be a kind hearted act from silver he just wants to do whatever it takes to get his hands on the treasure map. At first this action may seem harmless but Silver wanted the treasure map so he could keep all the treasure and money for himself. This just shows how vain Silver is and what his true motives actually are. The voyage home was just a pretense for Long John, as all he wanted was to have wealth like any other
The first artifact I chose was an oral history interview of Imam Furqan talking about the early African-American muslim community in Atlanta. In this interview, Imam Furqan discussed about how he converted from Christianity to Islam. He started off saying that by the age of fifteen, he started to have doubts and uncertainty about his religion. One day at the YMCA, he met a group of Muslims and started to observe them. He asked them what their beliefs were and what type of religion they had. He had an inspiring conversation with them and acknowledged their firm beliefs. After that, he went to a Muslim meeting and it really grasped his attention. He found out that Muslims were very nice and intelligent people unlike the rumors he had heard about them being violent. When he went home that night, he reexamined his beliefs and realized his current beliefs were wrong. He then decided to be neutral and claimed no religion. Then one day, he went back to the Muslims and decided to become a Muslim himself.
The rude, hotheaded son of the factory owner where John worked. He had little regard for people besides himself, and continuously florted with Mary despite her rejecting every one of his advances; and it can be said that his only redeeming trait was that he was often described as handsome. He was also, of course, very wealthy. He thought that mill or factory owners should not give in to their workers requests, and even drew cruel cartoons of them. It was no big surprise that he ended up dead.
Nn President Abdullah Abdullah visited Farghuda's family along with some of the truth commissioners. When he returned from his trip to The United States of America. "The law of The Islamic Republican of Afghanistan will be forced." That's what he indicated to Farghunda's family, her neighbors, the citizens of Afghanistan, including Afghan refugees, kind Afghan humanitarians, and to the rest of the seven billions of us. After expressing his condolences, we don't know if he expressed his regrets to her family by not delaying his trip to Washington DC. Perhaps it was more important to appear, see friends, and make a speech in a charity event in the country of an Afghan refugee, than as one of the Presidents being present in Kabul. Where the only
Walter attempts to reinvent himself through his work and relationships to try and provide for his wife and family. Walter is fighting a battle within his household because he believes that Ruth, his wife, “couldn’t be on [his] side that long for nothing,” even though she is just trying to do what is best for everyone involved (Hansberry 32). Walter cannot see past his dream to realize the impact it would have on everyone else if it failed, so he drowns his sorrows in alcohol. Although “he knows the possibility of failure is also a vital part of the American success story” Walter is not just risking his own future, he is risking his child’s, mother’s and sister’s and without a second thought to his personal relationships, he blindly makes an investment on the chance of having the wealth and house he desires for everyone (Washington 98). Walter is so focused on reinventing his work life and having money that he loses sight of his family’s values and ideas. He does not care about Ruth being pregnant and the possibility of aborting their child as long as he can achieve his goals. Walter is living in a dream where he believes that “anyone can become anything he wants to be,” and that is not true in his case with the social and racial standards that are set against him (Washington 95). Walter sees wealth as ensuring happiness and having everything he desires, which is why he is pushing his family so hard for the money, causing issues. Even though all the odds are set against him in this time period, Walter cannot see past being able to provide for his family and having the American Dream that he most
Walt Masters from “The King of Mazy May” by Jack London had different motivations. Walt goes on a mission to help his friends. Walt Master’s is a kind, and caring young man who is worried when his friend, Loren Hall’s claim is not recorded. He goes to extreme lengths to help his friend and is shown be a brave person. These traits are important because it explains his motivation for stealing the dogs to record Loren’s claim, they show why Walt would put himself in a large amount of danger all to help his friend, and it helps explain the character of walt. Some citations which prove his motivation are “Walt was worried, however; the claim was liable to be jumped at any moment because of this delay.”(London). This shows Walt was motivated by his worry for his friend. that he may intend to do something to help his friend. Another quote that proves his motivation is "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). Walt only tries harder because of how much he cares for his friends. This final quote that reveals Walt's intentions is “Loren Hall was an old man, and he had no dogs, so he had to travel very slowly. After he had been gone some time, word came up the river that he had broken through the ice at Rosebud Creek, and frozen his feet so badly that he would not be able to travel for
The truth is a hard thing to wrap our minds around. We want to hear it but at the same time it can hurt us. In the end it is always better to find out the truth. A brilliant man named Al-Kindi stated “We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself” (“Al-Kindi”). Al-Kindi is saying his quote that the truth has the ultimate power. An individual should embrace the truth from any place it is presented. Al-Kindi, an influential man in the Arabic culture was a philosopher and translator of works such as Aristotle, Napoleon, mathematics, and he wrote numerous philosophical works on astrology and music (Adamson, Peter “Al-Kindi”).
“Life Isn’t Fair” that is a quote that is going to get you nowhere you can’t expect to just get what you want when you want it. Different events helps you prepare for the future and it’s up to you to use the experience to actually control something or just give up on the situation. In this story Mr.London and Buck can adapt to any situation life hands to them.When Buck was in the snow for the first time without anywhere to sleep. He made a place to sleep he didn’t wait for anyone to do it for him he did it himself . Also Jack London was poor and decided to not just be the one person to just give up or accept handouts so he balanced multiple jobs.