When a group of people set a goal, they require all members to be dedicated to their cause. However, if one person becomes distracted by their personal goals, they can hinder the success of the group. As seen with characters in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the United States Revolution, and Malala Yousafzai, an individual must dedicate themselves to their goal and remove their analogous personal interests from a majority of their lives to bring their group success. In Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the King and Duke are persuaded by their personal interest of greed for money, impacting the entire group’s chance of survival. Huck, Jim, the King, and the Duke are journeying through the woods, and they stop at a small town. Here the King and Duke execute an elaborate scan that almost kills the entire group. The townspeople discover the scam, which instigates the forming of a mob to attack the visitors. Here the personal interests of the King and Duke affect the success of the entire group, leading…show more content… The inexperienced militia was made of blacksmiths, mailmen, and farmers, who never held a musket before. Their primary goals were to wake up early in the morning, attend their job to support their family, and repeat the same the next day. When George Washington called together an army, these men volunteered and sacrificed their life at home for the good of the people of the soon to be United States of America. If men had refused to volunteer and continue working to support their family at home, the British would still oppress this. For this proves that the personal interest of the soldiers could have interfered with the goal for independence, leading to potentially years of no freedom. Since they parted from their personal goals, the United States succeeded in gaining
