The King Of Mazy May Summary

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What People Will do to Achieve Their Goals
Walt Masters gets shot at and attacked when saving Loren Hall's claim from getting jumped. Farah Ahmedi escapes Afghanistan to Pakistan, sacrificing her time so that her mother could rest, and Aengus spent his entire life searching for the "glimmering girl". However, all three were willing to do whatever it takes to reach their goals or to do what was right, even if it meant risking or even sacrificing their lives. In “The King of Mazy May”, Walt Masters saves his neighbors claim from being jumped by a group of professional Stampeders. In doing this, he risked his life to do the right thing because “he has a good heart, and is not afraid of the darkness and loneliness, of man or beast or thing.” (London para. 3). Walt felt that “In the face of the threatened injustice against old lame Loren Hall he felt that he must do something.” When Walt was being pursued, “a score of bullets had struck about him”. This shows how Walt risked his life for Loren Hall out of the goodness of heart.
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If she hadn’t done this, she “could have gotten over in little more than an hour”, but “Because of her, [they] had to pause every few minutes, so [their] journey took many hours. “ (Ahmedi para. 11) The quote “Of course, we don’t want to run into any smugglers, either, but if we go late at night, we should be fine.”(Ahmedi para. 8) Shows how they had a limited time frame and that they could’ve gotten caught if they didn’t cross the mountain in time. Finally, Ghulam Ali says “If God wills it, we will follow that smugglers’ path to safety. You and your mother are in my care now.”(Ahmedi para. 9) Which shows how Farah and her mother are putting their life in Ghulam Ali’s hands risking