Interesting Stories And Why People Pursue Missions?

“The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us…The hero journey is a symbol that binds …. (Phil Cousineau).” Mattie Ross learns this in True Grit, by Charles Portis, when she experiences the death of her father. She says, ”…Tom Chaney shot my father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas and robbed him of his life and his horses and $150 in cash money plus two California gold pieces that he carried in his trouser band(11)”. Frank Ross, Matties’ father, who was shot to death, by a man named, Tom Chaney. Mattie Ross is just 14 years old in the 1870’s, she states, “Nothing is free in this world except the grace of god, you must pay for everything.(pg?)” Personal

Farah Ahmedi was a girl who was trying to escape her war-torn country of Afghanistan by crossing the border into Pakistan. Annie Johnson was a woman who wanted to support her family by starting a business that cooks meals for factory workers. Theodore Boone was a 13 year old boy who wanted to stop a bypass from being built through homes and farms, including his friend's farm. However, all three wanted to help, whether it was them self or others.

Without realizing it initially, each Wes Moore has been greatly affected by the life events occurring as they grew up because as they matured physically, they also matured mentally by gaining self-knowledge; the same way a hero does throughout a heroic journey. However, while both have gone through the heroic journey, their fate was not identical because of poor choices and irreversible mistakes. Wes Moore, the successful author of his book, has specifically divided his book into 8 chapters, where each shows a year that had a decisive impact for him and Wes. Similar to his book, the hero’s journey also consists of 8 parts where the hero goes through the most important stages of the journey. The correlation between the life events and the patterns of a heroic journey intertwined because both only point out the most crucial parts and have the same end results, leaving the characters to go through each event or stage only as they mature.

Why do people undertake missions? Farah Ahmedi and Annie Johnson had to undertake a mission to survive and Ernesto Galarza had to learn a new language and a new culture. Although they don’t have the same mission they have the same purpose to complete their mission. Lets get into this great heroes completing their mission with no mistakes.

Many Children in the world face challenges that most people don’t have to. For example, two of his people face very hard challenges, Abdul, and Kundila. Two people who have it harder in life then us.In these stories, Doris Pilkington, and Katherine Boo amazingly show the challenges these two people face. In Katherine Boo’s story, Abdul has to work for his family to raise money to move to a better neighborhood. In Doris Pilkington’s story, Kundila has to protect his family from the white raiders.

What drives someone to undertake a mission? Maybe the desire to discover, or learn something new, like a new skill. Also, in some cases, longing for something better can be drive someone. Three good examples for undertaking missions are Ernesto Galarza, Farah Ahmedi, and Billy Colman. These three people show determination, bravery, love, confidence, and dedication during the missions they have undertaken.

The journey towards achieving our dreams and passions is not always an easy one. It requires determination, perseverance, and a strong will to overcome any challenges that may come our way. In the texts “The Day I Saved a Life” by Thomas Ponce and “Denee Benton: Broadway Princess,” we see two main characters who exemplify this determination in pursuing their dreams despite facing obstacles along the way. Through their inspiring stories, we learn that anything is possible when we have the courage to follow our hearts and never give up.

n the story “Thank You M’am” and the story “An American Childhood”, it shows the turning points of the main characters. In the story “Thank You M’am”, a boy named Roger tried to steal a purse off of a lady named Mrs. Jones. The storyline is about how Roger learns to be trusted again. Markedly, in the story “An American Childhood”, there was a girl named Annie, who had a big interest in the area of Science. Whenever Annie would accomplish anything, her parents wouldn't really care. The story was mainly about how Annie realized that you can always pursue your own interests, even when nobody else really cares.

The father and son conflict is a crucial theme in the nonfiction book Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer. In Jon Krakauer’s book, the main character, Chris McCandless exhibits a lifelong conflict with his father, Walt McCandless. Chris is an erudite, talented, yet stubborn young man. He yearns to leave the typical lifestyle of the upper middle class American family, and after graduating college at Emory, he mysteriously disappears. Walt is a controlling man with a morally unstable past, and his career and money is of more value to him than his family. The theme often appears in the background of the book, representing one of the major motivations for Chris McCandless’ absence. This theme is evident

The existence of a physical journey is often a result of a character’s internal desire, such as a thirst for adventure or the hope to escape from an unfavorable situation. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain exhibits both examples as Huck Finn, a white adolescent, narrates his journey with runaway slave Jim Turner. They set off on the river as drastically different human beings with relatively similar reasoning behind their imminent adventure. Huck wishes to flee from the abuse he endured from his alcoholic father as well as from societal restraints, while Jim covets freedom from the bind of slavery. During the length of the journey, more than just freedom from confinement is attained.

What drives us to undertake a mission? What would make you undertake a mission? Many reasons, maybe it was escaping a country, like Farah Ahmedi when she was escaping Afghanastan with a prospetic leg, or maybe it was to claim their neighbors stakes before stampeders did, like Walt from "King of Mazy May." Some missions just need to be conquested.

Imagine twelve million Africans captured from their native land and embarked their adventure through the Middle Passage. Living on the slave ship was the most crucial thing to experience. Some committed suicide by jumping off the ship and drowned or letting the sharks attacks them. The Africans didn’t know what to expect but they knew something evil was upon them. Even though, they to beat the odds some have perish or they’ve cooperate to stay alive. Venture Smith tells his life story of a prince in Africa, being capture by strange white men and being in bondage, and becoming a free black man. Venture Smith should be recognized with other icons in the African American history. In “The Narrative of the life and Adventure of Venture”

What drives people to undertake missions? For example, Ernesto wanted to learn english, go to school, and not give up so Ernesto came to America to go to school, learn english, and not give up. Annie Johnson did not give up and Annie made her own business and without this business Annie would not have money and would not be able to handle her childrens. Monica had more responsibilities to do because Monica wanted a little brother. Individuals are driven to undertake missions because for example one of the motivation of the first story was to learn english and go to school and be successful, another motivation was to make money to support a family, and the last motivation was that someone wanted a little brother.

In their willingness to have the courage and faith to set off, these modern pilgrims find their hearts opening, and a deeper call to service emerges.

Think about the poverty and problems that all countries around the world are facing today and every day. As Americans we have an urge to go into these countries to help as much as possible because of that we have begun a revolution. Americans began going on mission trips around the 1960s but did not really pick up until the 1990s. The trend grew after multiple natural disasters, Americans saw and need and went, since then short term mission trips show no sign stopping anytime soon. As the popularity of leaving our comfort zones, many people have found issues with the way the trips are led to the extent of questioning whether or not these trips are really worth the amount of money and time that they consume. Through periodicals, interviews, narratives, and articles, I will show the issues and improvements that could be made to the living situations, attitude of the Americans, and relationships that are acquired during the short term mission trips.