Most great stories go like this: an interesting, three-dimensional protagonist is instigated by an outside force to intensely pursue a goal. Along the way he runs into an endless series of obstacles that complicate the path to his objective. Yet he stays true to achieving his goal no matter what comes his way, even as his world changes, becoming ever more challenging right before his very eyes. Even in the face of ultimate defeat, he wills himself onward. In the end, his goal will either be achieved or not, but either way he will have grown or learned something significant about himself or the
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